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Topic 8-Medium and Techniques of Artists

This document discusses the medium and techniques used by artists. It defines medium as the material used by an artist to create their work, and techniques as the specific methods and skills used to control the medium. It then provides examples of various mediums and techniques in visual arts, specifically painting techniques like encaustic, fresco, tempera, oil painting, watercolor, mosaic, acrylic, collage, drawing, and printmaking. The purpose is to help students understand and appreciate the different mediums and techniques artists employ.

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Topic 8-Medium and Techniques of Artists

This document discusses the medium and techniques used by artists. It defines medium as the material used by an artist to create their work, and techniques as the specific methods and skills used to control the medium. It then provides examples of various mediums and techniques in visual arts, specifically painting techniques like encaustic, fresco, tempera, oil painting, watercolor, mosaic, acrylic, collage, drawing, and printmaking. The purpose is to help students understand and appreciate the different mediums and techniques artists employ.

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Topic 8- Medium and Techniques of Artist

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the lesson, the students are
expected to:

Explain the difference between medium and


techniques used by the artist in their artworks;

Recognize the different techniques related to visual


arts specifically painting; and

Appreciate the application of the medium and


techniques used in various artworks.

INPUT: A medium is the material used by an artist to


express his feelings or thoughts. Oftentimes, the
matter of selecting the medium depends entirely on
the artist himself. He normally selects the materials
that can be handled with ease, that would suit his plan
and adequately bring out the qualities he wants to
show.
Example of medium includes pigment in painting,
words in literature, body movements in dance, stone,
metal or wood in sculpture, sounds in music, etc.

Technique is the manner in which the artist


controls his medium to achieve the desired effect and
the ability to fulfill the technical requirements of his
particular work of art. An artist knowledge of his
medium and his skill in making it achieve what he
wants it to make up what it is called technique. For
example, a poet’s technique is his way of putting words
together to express an emotion or narrate a story. A
pianist’s technique is his skill in handling the
instrument and in interpreting a musical composition.
Artists differ from one another in techniques even if
they use the same medium.

The Medium of the Visual Arts

Many mediums have been used by painters:


1. Encaustic-The medium for the powdered color is hot
wax which is painted onto a wood with a brush. It is
then smoothed with a metal instrument resembling a
spoon then blended and set over a flame to soften and
set the colors onto the wood. This technique is rarely
used today.

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2. Fresco- It is the most noble and monumental, is


adapted to large wall surfaces. It entails painting on
freshly spread moist or wet plaster. The pigment is
mixed with water, layers of plaster are applied to the
surface. While the final layer is still wet, the artist
applies the colors to penetrate to the wet plaster.
Examples include Roman wall paintings, Michelangelo’s
Sistine Chapel ceiling.

3. Tempera- In this method, the pigment is mixed with


egg and applied to a very hard smooth surface usually
several layers of rubbed plaster ( Gesso ).

Venus by Sandro Botticelli

4. Oil painting- It is the most popular medium today


because the pigment comes ready-mixed with tubes. It
dries slowly so that if the artist is dissatisfied he can
repaint his errors or scrape all off for a fresh start.
Powdered colors are mixed with a fine oil usually
linseed oil.

The Scream by Edvard Munch


5. Water color-Powdered pigments are mixed with
gum-arabic or a similar substance that will help them
adhere to a surface. The artist then mixes them with
water and applies them to a ground usually paper.

6. Mosaic- The design by small pieces of colored glass,


stone, or ceramic called tesserae, embedded in wet
mortar which has been spread over the surface to be
decorated. This was often used to decorate walls
floors, and ceilings.

7. Acrylic- Acrylics are artificial compounds developed


in the 20th century. The binder used includes water
and the paints can be thinned with water.

8. Collage-The word collage comes from the French


word “coller” meaning to paste. In this technique
photographs, news clippings or other objects are
pasted on the painting surface and may be combined
with painted areas. One of the first example was
executed by Pablo Picasso.

9. Drawing- The materials and methods of drawing are


the most basic tools of the artist or designer. Work
that is intended to be executed in almost any
materials-paint, stone, steel, paper or fabric, may be
first envisioned in a drawing. However this basic
character of drawing skills may tend to trivialize what
can be a highly developed art in its own right.

10. Printmaking- A print is anything printed on a


surface that is a direct result from the duplication
process.
Reinforcement Activity:

You-Tube Viewing- Medium and Techniques of Artists

Evaluation/Assessment:
Art Quiz
Oral Demonstration/Presentation

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