ART 2013 Module 2.2: Painting Terms

made of pigments suspended in oil. Well known artist: Van Eyck

• Watercolor
• Oil paint
• Acrylic paint
• Charcoal

Medium that primarily uses wax, usually beeswax, as the binding agent

• encaustic
• tempera
• oil paint
• watercolor

Fast-drying paint medium made from pigment mixed with water-soluble binder, such as egg yolk

• Acrylic paint
• Tempera paint
• Watercolor paint
• Oil paint

Brush Types

• Round

• Filbert

• Flat

• Fan

• Hair

A tool that can be used by the artist for mixing and applying

• palette knife

• brush

• canvas
• palette

a loosely executed style in which paint and brushstrokes are evident.

• Loose brushwork
• Loose brushwork

• Painterly

• Loosely

A characteristic way in which an artist uses visual language to give a work an identifiable form of visual expression

• Style

• Creative medium
• Visual motif
• Artistic technique

A painting in gray or grayish monochrome, either as a base or underpainting for the finished work, or as the final artwork itself.

• Chiaroscuro
• Sfumato
• Trompe-l'œil
• Grisaille

A type of paint medium in which pigments are bound with gum, and a white filler added to produce a paint that is used for opaque watercolor.

• tempera
• gouache
• acrylic
• oil paint

the use of a variety of materials to make a work of art

• Single medium
• Digital art
• Mixed media
• Sculpture only