Bell Ringer What do you think the word media means when talking about art?

Media The materials an artist uses to create a work of art

Drawing Dry- pencil, charcoal, chalk, pastel, crayon Liquid- Ink

Pencil Invented by Conte Cheap Readily available Easy to work with Can be erased

Pencil- Ingres- portrait of Nicholas Paganini

Charcoal Burned sticks of wood Finest quality coming from vines, heated in a kiln until only the carbon remains

Chalk/Crayon Main difference is the binder that holds them together. Chalk- nonfat binder, blends well, can be overlaid. (Pastel-best known type of chalk) Crayon- wax binder

Leonardo da Vinci Self portrait red chalk

Pigment- A coloring material made from various organic or chemical substances. Binder- substance that holds the pigment together.

Ink Permanent, cannot be erased Quality of line depends on the tool. Usually some form of a pen. Brush and ink- Favorite drawing tool of Asian artists. Wash- when ink is diluted with water and applied with a brush.

Ink Wash By: Jamie Balester

Painting Encaustic Fresco Tempera Oil Watercolor Gouache Acrylic

Encaustic Painting medium in which the binder is wax, which is heated to render the paints fluid.

Fresco A painting medium in which colors are applied to a plaster wall (mural) or ceiling. Colors are applied to the wet plaster before it dries and thus binds with the surface. No corrections can be made. Michelangelo- Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Tempera Paint in which the pigment is mixed with egg yolk. Boticelli- The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus By: Boticelli

Tempera Painting By: Bridgett Marlin

Oil Paint in which the pigment is mixed with linseed or poppy oil. Dries very slowly, both an advantage and disadvantage Impasto- From the Italian for “paste” paint applied in thick layers, sometimes with a knife. Jan Van Eyck- The Arnolfini Wedding

Watercolor Pigment mixed with water. Gouache is watercolor with white pigment added to it.

Acrylic Acrylic- developed in the 1950’s, acrylic paints are pigments mixed with polymer emulsions( plastic) Acrylic paints can mimic oil, watercolor and gouache. Dries quickly, and permanently.

Prints Prints are made by an indirect process. The artist does not draw or paint directly on the work of art but instead creates the surface that makes the work of art. Printing process results in many nearly identical images. Each image is called an impression and is considered an original work of art.

Edition- In printmaking, the total number of prints made from a given plate or block. The size of the edition is written on each print.(5/500) Relief-Technique in printmaking in which portions of a block meant to be printed are raised.

Types of Prints Woodcut Intaglio/engraving/etching Lithography Screenprinting Monotype

Woodcut A relief printmaking method in which a block of wood is carved so as to leave the image areas raised from the background. Durer- rhinocerous

Intaglio Intaglio- printmaking techniques in which the lines or areas that will take the ink are incised into the printing plate, rather than raised above it. Engraving-Lines are cut into a metal plate using a “V” shaped tool called a burin. Etching- Design is “bitten” into the metal plate using acid. Plate is first coated with wax and the image is scratched into the plate.

Lithography Printing technique based on the fact that oil and water don’t mix. Image is drawn on a surface with a greasy crayon. Printing surface is dampened with water. The surface is then inked. Ink only sticks to the greasy crayon. Image is then printed Toulouse Lautrec- The Moulin Rouge

Screenprinting Printmaking method in which the image is transferred to paper by forcing ink through a fine mesh in which the areas not meant to print have been blocked; a stencil technique. Andy Warhol- Soup Cans

Monotype Only one print is made. Artist usually paints an image with oil paint onto a piece of glass then makes a print of it.