1.
APPRECIATING
THE ART OF
PAINTING

2.
 It is an art by applying colors to a
surface to present an object
imagined or real.
Painting
 Basic materials of painting are
paint, canvass, wood, paper and
brush.

3.
Mediums of Painting

4.
a. Water Color
 It is a combination of
coloring materials &
water.

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b. Oil
 It is a glossy product that slowly
dries to give the painter a
chance to do some corrections
of his art.

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c. Tempera
 Its mineral coloring is a
mixture of egg yolks and ore.

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d. Pastel
 It is a stick paste
made of powdered
pigment.

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e. Fresco
 It is taken from the word
fresh, the art of painting
on fresh plaster.

9.
 It is a paint which
adhesive element is
acrylic resin.
f. Acrylic

10.
Art Elements of a
Painting

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Distance
 Foreground – the
part of the painting
closest to the viewer
Middle ground – the part
between the foreground &
the part
Background – the farthest

12.
Color
 Artists use colors to convey feelings &
moods w/in their painting.

13.
Light
 Painters simulating natural light or using
hidden spotlights to let you focus your
attention on what they want you to notice in
the painting.
 It affects the color of the subject & objects in
the painting to let it look real & solid if the
artist shows the way light falls on them.

14.
 Line
 Artists use various types of lines to
express ideas & feelings in their
paintings.

15.
Shapes
 Artist uses it to
express ideas.

16.
Composition
 Artist seriously plan how they
will arrange elements like
color, line & shape in their
paintings.

17.
 Perspective
 To give the effect of distance,
the artist may make the
objects in the background
smaller in size, lighter in
color or less detailed.

18.
Symbols
 It can be defined as
something, which
has a special
meaning or a
special message.

19.
Styles in
Paintings

20.
1. Abstract
 A painting is called abstract
when the painter does not show
the subject as it appears in
reality.

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a. Distortion
This is a kind of
abstract which natural
form or condition is
twisted or distorted.

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b.
Elongation
 The character or the
object being
painted is
elongated or

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c. Cubism
Abstractionism that stressed
through the use of some
geometrical shapes such as
cylindrical, triangular, spherical &
other forms at the expense of the
other pictorial elements.

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d.
Mangling
 The object is presented
as cut lacerated,
mutilated or hacked.

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2. Expressionism
Artist has a freedom to
consider his personal style in
presenting his subject or
expressing his thought or
feeling.

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a. Symbolism
 It is a thing or single that
stands for another thing.

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b. Fauvism
 It is a kind of style or
movement in painting
that is characterized by a
thick pigment.

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c. Dadaism
 It is a protest movement
against the traditional
outworn arts & evils in
society.

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d.
Surrealism
 A style in presenting art
by fantastic or
incongruous imagery
produced by unnatural
combinations.

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e.
Futurism
 It picture out something in
the future.