Painting 101
Basic painting terms • Painting – process of applying color to a surface using tools such as a brush, painting knife, roller, or even fingers.
Basic painting terms • Surface – material to which paint is applied • Canvas • Paper • Wood
Three Basic ingredients of paint 1. Pigments– finely ground colored powders • Natural Pigments – indigo, a vegetable or the cochineal beetle, an insect • Synthetic Pigments – artificially made from chemicals
Natural Pigments Synthetic Pigments
Three Basic ingredients of paint • Binder– material that holds together the grains of pigment • The binder allows the pigment to stick to the painting surface • Egg yolks mixed with water have long been used as a strong binder for artists tempera paint • Other binders are linseed oil and wax
Binder Containers Formula for Creating Paint
Three Basic ingredients of paint • Solvent– liquid that controls the thickness or thinness of the paint • Achieve different effects depending on the thickness or thinness of the paint • Thinned down watercolor paint gives off a washed out appearance • Thick watercolor paint gives off an intense appearance • Solvents can also be used to clean paintbrushes and other applications
Solvents Dangers of Solvents
Different Painting media • Oil-based Paint – first used in 1400’s, it remains popular to this day. Oil paint uses linseed oil as its binder and turpentine as it’s solvent • One advantage of oil paint is that it dries slowly, which allows the artist to blend colors right on the canvas
Durer Four Apostles 1526 Oil on wood panel Each panel: 7’1/2” x 2’6”
Georges de La Tour Magdalen with the Smoking Flame 1640 Oil on Canvas
Velazquez Pope Innocent X 1650 Oil on Canvas
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night 1889 Oil on Canvas
Winslow Homer. Hound and Hunter. Oil on Canvas. 1892
Different painting media • Water-Soluble Paint – watercolor paint is the most popular water-soluble paint. Its solvent is water and its binder is gum arabic.
Winslow Homer. Sketch for Hound and Hunter. Watercolor. 1892
Durer Hare sketch 1502 watercolor
Mim McConnell Salt Chuck 2003 Watercolor $430 for unframed original, 8”x12”
Jim Dine Watercolor Study This would sell for anywhere between $40 and $60k… 0h em gee
Different painting media Different painting media • Gouache is similar to water color but has been modified (has larger particles) to be more opaque. Its binding agent is usually gum arabic. You can add egg yolk to gouache in order to create a tempera like look…or just use tempera…it’s cheaper. Lighter tones tend to dry darker and darker tones lighter.
Robert PEAK, 1977 President Jimmy Carter, Illustration Gouache Painting
Siege of Yorktown (1781) 1784 Louis-Nicholas van Blarenberghe
Different painting media • Tempera is another; it dries much quicker than oil based paints and has a more opaque finish than water color
Madonna and Child Duccio Tempera and gold on wood 1284
Different painting media • Acrylic paint, which appeared in the 1950’s, uses an acrylic polymer as its binder while its solvent is also water. However, once acrylic paint dries, it cannot be dissolved.
Sarah Dees Guarn Gardens 3 Acrylic on canvas
A former student of Mr. Hines Sometime in the recent past Acrylic on canvas
Real world applications
Real world applications
Real world applications
Real world applications
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