Fine arts media

Media

a term that designates the tools and materials the artist chooses to work with

Ink

the primary fluid medium used in liquid media

drawing

Chief among them is the preliminary study (sketch)

Binders

can be oil, wax, water, gum Arabic

Charcoal

Kathe Kollwitz “Self Portrait”

Pastel

is a chalk medium with colored pigment and a non-greasy binder; the more binder, the harder the stick and less intense the color.

Clay

the relative hardness or softness of a pencil’s lead depends on the quantity of ___ in the mixture

Pen and Ink

drawings are essentially linear, although the nature of the lines can vary with the instrument

wash

diluted, watery ink

print

an image or design printed from a engraved plate, wooden block, or similar surface.

Matrix

the surface upon which the design has been created. A single one can be used to make many virtually identical impressions.

intaglio

areas to be printed are below the surface of the plate

relief

printing methods include WOODCUT and WOOD ENGRAVING.

japanese

_____ artist have always been know to use this method of printmaking (woodcut).

Engraving

is accomplished by pushing a small V-shaped metal rod, called a burin, across a metal plate. The artist creates clean-cut lines on a plate of copper, zinc, or steel, forcing the sharpened point of a burin across the surface with the heel of the hand.

etching

place plate inside acid

serigraphy

also known as silkscreen printing, in which stencils are used to create the design or image. the process begins with a screen constructed of a piece of silk, nylon, or fine mesh stretched on a frame.

monotype

Unlike other prints, however, a _____ is a unique image. Once it is printed, it can never be printed again.

Lithography

There is no raised or depressed surface on the plate to hold ink. Rather, the method depends on the fact that grease and water don’t mix.

Support

the surface on which the artist paints---a wall, a panel of wood, a sheet of paper, or a canvas.

solvent or vehicle

artists use these as a thinner that enables the paint to flow more readily and that also cleans brushes

sinopia

was a preliminary drawing for a fresco; an earth red pigment

fresco

pigment is mixed with limewater; and then applied to a lime plaster wall that is either still wet or hardened and dry.

Buen Fresco

If the paint is applied to a wet wall, the process is called _____ (Italian for “good” or “true fresco”). the wet plaster absorbs the wet pigment, and the painting literally becomes part of the wall.

Fresco Secco

if the paint is applied to a dry wall; on the other hand, the pigment is combined with binders such as egg yolk, oil, or wax and applied separately, at virtually any pace the artist desires. As a result, the artist can render an object with extraordinary care and meticulousness. The disadvantage of this technique is that moisture can creep in between the plaster and the paint, causing the paint to flake off the wall.

Encaustic

made by combining pigment with a binder of hot wax, is one of the oldest painting media. It was widely used in Classical Greece

Tempera

a medium made by combining water, pigment, and some gummy material, usually egg yolk.

Oil paint

As a result, the painter who uses it can render the subtlest changes in light and achieve the most realistic three-dimensional effects, rivaling sculpture in this regard

impasto

application of thick paint

acrylic paint

became manufactured, its popularity grew among artists and now it is sometimes used in place of oil paint. Many believed that it would replace oil paint however, artists still preferred oil paint.

watercolor

solution of water; the vehicle for it is water

gouache

it is difficult to blend brushstrokes of it together. Thus, the medium lends itself to the creation of large, flat, colored forms.

mosacis

are made of tiny pieces of rocks or glass called tessrare

sculpture

is one of the oldest and most enduring of all the arts

relief sculpture

It’s a sculpture that has three-dimensional depth but is meant to be seen from only one side.

sculpture-in-the-round

also known a freestanding sculpture---literally demands movement. It is meant to be seen from all sides, and the viewer must move around it.

subtractive process

the sculptor begins with a mass of material large than the finished work and removes materials, or subtracts from that mass until the work achieves its finished form.

additive process

the sculptor builds the work, adding materials as the work proceeds.

craving

is chipped, gouged, or hammered away from an inert, raw block of material

assemblage

is the process of bringing individual objects together to form a larger whole.

site-specific

designed for a particular place in such a way that the space is transformed by its presence.

earthworks

are large-scale outdoor environments made in and of the land itself