LESSON 2 Flashcards
the fundamental skill needed in the visual
arts.
Drawing
Different Media for Drawing: PIPCP
Pencils
Ink
Pastel
Charcoal
Paper
Usually in canvas or papers
Graphic or Two-Dimensional Arts
Made of graphite which comes in different
hardness from soft to hard or thickness from thick to needle-like.
Pencils
It is the one direction in shading technique
Hatching
It is the crossing pattern technique of shading
Cross hatching
It is the usage of dots in terms of shading technique
Stippling
It is one of the oldest materials for drawing that is still in use. It allows for a great variety of qualities, depending on the tools and technique used in the
application.
Ink
This is composed of dry pigment held together by a gum binder and compressed into sticks.
Pastel
3 Kinds of Pastel:
Soft Pastel, Hard Pastel, Oil Paste
Pastel Techniques:
Stippling, Feathering, Scumbling, Impasto, Sgraffito
An organic medium that comes from burnt
wood.
Charcoal
A charcoal used as a pencil
Compressed charcoal
A charcoal used as agent for cooking and for fire
Manufactured charcoal
The most common surface used in two-
dimensional art.
Paper
A paper made by pressing the sheet through hot metal rollers
Hot pressed paper
A paper made by pressing through cold metal rollers
Cold pressed paper
It s also called as scrap paper
Rough paper
Different Media for Painting:
Watercolor
Gouache
Oil Paints
Tempera
Fresco
Acrylic
It is the process of applying paint onto a
smooth surface (ground/support) like paper,cloth, canvas, wood or plaster.
Painting
Part of the paint that gives color
Pigment
Pigments are mixed with water and applied
to paper.
Watercolor
The pigment has been mixed with water and
added with a chalk-like material to give it an opaque effect.
Gouache
Pigments are mixed with oil as its binder. It is
a dense painting medium and gives rich, beautiful colors.
Oil Paints
Pigment is mixed with egg yolk (sometimes
with the white) as binder.
Tempera
Pigment is mixed with water and applied on a portion of the wall with wet plaster. It is used for mural
paintings.
Fresco
Modern medium with synthetic paint using
acrylic emulsion as binder.
Acrylic
Wall or floor decorations made of small tiles or irregularly cut pieces of colored stones or glass called tesserae.
Mosaic
Derived from a French word “coller” which means to stick. This is a technique of making art by gluing or pasting on firm support materials or found objects.
Collage
Process used for making reproductions of graphic works. Allows for the repeated transfer of a master image from a
printing plate (matrix) onto a surface.
Print making
What do you call a printing plate
Matrix
3 Printmaking Techniques:
Relief Painting (Raised)
Intaglio Printing (Depressed)-
Surface Printing (Flat)-
The technique involves cutting
away certain parts of the surface and leaving the ‘raised’ part to produce the image.
Relief Painting (Raised)-
Instead of the surface of
the plate for the image, the lines of the image are cut or incised to a metal plate.
Intaglio Printing (Depressed)-
Includes all processes in which
printing is done from a flat surface
Surface Printing (Flat
Originated from the Latin word “sculpere” which means to carve . It is defined as the art or practice of creating three-
dimensional forms or figures.
Sculpture
3 Kinds of Sculptures:
Freestanding
Relief
Kinetic (mobile)-
Sculptures which can be viewed from all
sides.
Freestanding
Sculptures in which the figures project from a background
Relief
Two Variations of Relief Sculpture:
Low Relief (bas relief)-
High Relief-
Figures are slightly
raised/projected from its background.
Low Relief (bas relief)-
Almost half of the figures project from its
background, more shadows are created.
High Relief-
A sculpture that is capable of
movement by wind, water or other forms of energy.
Kinetic (mobile)
