“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order to learn how to do it.” - Pablo Picasso

MEDIUM The materials used for creating artworks

MEDIA A technique involving the use of two or more artistic media that are combined in a single artwork.

SUBJECT MATTER The objects represented in the artwork. It can be… REPRESENTATIONAL Clearly represents a specific subject ABSTRACT Taking a subject matter and breaking it down into shapes, lines, colors, and textures. NON OBJECTIVE No recognizable subject matter. Only line, shape, and colors are used.

SUBJECT MATTER

It has a height, width, and actual depth Two-dimensional media Has a height and width and implied depth. These are “flat” art pieces such as drawings and paintings. Three-dimensional media Examples: Sculptures, Ceramics and Pottery.

What are two capacities of a medium that an artist should understand? 1.What can be done with the medium 2.How far it can be taken to support the artist purpose.

When analyzing a work of art, a good relationship of what three things should be looked for? A good relationship between MEDIUM, SUBJECT and EXPRESSION of IDEAS ( purpose )

TWO DIMENSIONAL Art Processes Have a height and width but no real depth. The depth is IMPLIED.

TWO DIMENSIONAL ART PROCESSES 1.DRAWING 2.PAINTING 3.PRINTMAKING 4.PHOTOGRAPHY 5.GRAPHIC DESIGN 6.MIXED MEDIA A complex operation involving a number of methods or techniques

With every medium, there are a variety of techniques used to work with that medium. Technique Any method of working with art materials to produce an art object.

DRAWING MEDIA Graphite Pencil Charcoal Pen and Ink Coloring Pencils Chalk Pastel Oil Pastel

IS OPAQUE OR TRANSLUCENT PAINTING MEDIA

OPAQUE - You cannot see though it. (rich color) PAINTING MEDIA

TRANSLUCENT/SEMI TRANSPARENT You can almost see through it. (light, subtle color) PAINTING MEDIA

Acrylic Oil Tempera Watercolor

PAINTING MEDIA Acrylic - water soluble and can be applied thick-IMPASTO or can be thinned with water and treated like watercolor. Dries quickly. Can be opaque or translucent. Depending on how much the paint is diluted (with water) or modified with acrylic gels, media, or pastes, the finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolor or an oil painting, or have its own unique characteristics not attainable with other media.

IMPASTO (technique) Thickly applied paint that does not try to appear smooth.

PAINTING MEDIA Watercolor - water soluble and is relatively transparent.

PAINTING Technique Watercolor WASH using watery paint applied quickly using large, sweeping brushstrokes.

PAINTING MEDIA Tempera a fast drying medium and technique of painting in which the water base pigments is mixed or tempered with an emulsion.(egg yolks, wax, gum arabic, or plastic) Tempera paintings are very long lasting, and examples from the first centuries AD still exist. Egg tempera was a primary method of painting until after 1500 when it was superseded by oil painting.

PAINTING MEDIA Oil - pigment mixed with linseed oil. Dries slowly, it can be used thick or thinned with paint thinner.

Your EXPERIMENT Create an ABSTRACT composition using WATERCOLOR. Mrs. Gilbert will show you a few techniques to work with watercolor. RECORD YOUR FINDINGS 1.List at least 3 characteristics For WATERCOLOR and ACRYLIC. 2.Which media did you prefer? WHY? 3.Which media was your least favorite to work with? WHY? 4.What media did you layer? What did you find out?

Your EXPERIMENT Create an ABSTRACT composition using ACRYLIC. Try to make it TRANSLUCENT by adding a bit of water to the paint. Try the IMPASTO technique. RECORD YOUR FINDINGS 1.List at least 3 characteristics For WATERCOLOR and ACRYLIC. 2.Which media did you prefer? WHY? 3.Which media was your least favorite to work with? WHY? 4.What media did you layer? What did you find out?

ACRYLIC PAINT WATERCOLO R BOTH PAINTING MEDIA Which media did you like best? Why?