Painting and Sculpture

Painting

• It is the application of paint or pigment to a solid surface.

• It is the practice of applying paint, pigment, or color to a solid surface called a support or matrix.

Tools and Accessories

• Brushes, palette knives. sponges or airbrushes.

• Easel to hold the support steady.

• Mixing polette and paper towels or rags.

Sculpture

It is a branch of visual arts that creates forms in three dimensions, which are height, width, and depth.

Additive

It is adding material to build a form.

Subtractive

It is removing material to create a form.

Modelling

It is an additive process that shapes soft materials, such as clay or wax, into a sculpture.

Carving

It is a subtractive process that removes materiat from a solid block, usually wood or stone.

Assemblage

It is a form of sculpture made by arranging and joining found objects, whether organic or man-made.

Rule of Thirds

• It is a guideline for arranging elements in an image.

• A grid of 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines creates 9 equal sections.

• Place key elements on the lines or intersections.

Wet-on-Wet ( Alla Prima )

• It is is a painting technique in which wet paint is applied over layers that are still wet.

• The artist works before the earlier layers dry.

• Commonly used in oil painting.

Alla prima

At first attempt.

Grisaille

It is a monochrome painting technique, usually in shades of gray, that shows light, shadow and form.

Glazing

It is a painting technique that adds thin, transparent layers of color over a dry underpainting.