LESSON 2:

PAINTING
Painting
Painting refers to the process of applying color on a flat
surface. Forms can be created using a wide variety of
materials such as watercolor, acrylic, inc, oil, pastel and
charcoal. Surfaces for painting include wood,canvas,cardboard
and paper. Painting is considered two-dimensional, meaning it
only has height and width.
 Forms of Painting
01 02
Easel Painting Murals
03
Easel Painting
04 05
Jeepney and
Telon Painting
Calesa Painting
Easel Painting
The easiest painting is
perhaps the most common form of
painting. As the name implies, this
involves applying color to a board or
canvas that is fix on an upright support
called an easel. Easel paintings are meant
to be framed and hanged on a wall after
creating them
 Murals
A mural is described as a huge wall-sized painting. During the
1980’s, some artists believe that the mural should be used to impart messages
to increase social awareness especially to issues at that time. However, a new
form of mural, a portable mural, was developed in order to prevent the mural
from being erased from the wall. The portable mural was created by using bold
strokes in applying bright colors in pieces of cheesecloth or canvas.
Nowadays, murals are created by younger artist through outreach
program carried out by organizations. Just like during the 1980’s, these mural
still impart messages on nationalism and on social awareness.
Telon Painting
A Telon is descibed as a backdrop or
background for the stage. These backdrops
are used for komedya, sarswela, and sinakulo
which are popular forms of theater in the
country. Later, even through the popularity of
the sarswela decreased, the telon is still used
presentations during carnivals, fiestas, and
religious clebrations. The Telon was later
reduced as a backdrop in a photography
studio.
Jeepney and
Calesa Painting
The calesa is typically painted using one
color. The borders of the calesa are decorated
with geometric patterns, and/or thin lines.
Jeepney painting evolved from calesa painting.
In a typical jeepney, a logo, number, or painting
covered near the drivers seat as well as near
the seats adjacent to it. Typically subject matter
of jeepney painting ranges from landscapes to
scenes from comic book.
Collage
This refers to a form of painting that involves
combine images in a single artwork. This entails
cutting and pasting materials such as paper, fabric,
tin foil and other relatively flat materials onto a
board of canva.
Themes of
Painting
Genre Painting Genre painting portrays people in daily
activities. Subjects include planting and harvesting
rice, a young woman singing in front of guest,
barong-barong, vendors and fiestas. During the
contemporary period, genre painting took several
directions. One of these new approaches is folk
genre, which mainly focuses on everyday activities
of the folk. Another approach is using the style of
cubism in depicting folk or urban subjects. On the
other hand, folk naïve is another style wherein it
uses a lot of color and spontaneity. This was
Fernando Amorsolo : Barrio fiesta inspired by children’s art.
Historical Painting
This historical painting depicts story from the
past. It often has a lesson concerning national
values.

Filipino Struggles through history: Carlos “Botong” Francisco

 Interiors
This refers to painting of the space
inside of a part of a house or a building. This
usually reveals the social class of the family
living in that particular house, as well as the
traits of the people living in it.

Archdaily
 Landscapes
These paintings portray
natural scenery or urban scenes. Mixed
media is now used in creating landscape
paintings. Closely related to landscapes
are seascapes, which focus on large
bodies of water, particularly the ocean or
the sea.

FERNANDO AMORSOLO (1882-1972)

Mount Banahaw (2, 170m- 7, 120ft)
Philippines (Luzon)
 Portraits
This refers to the painting
portraying one or more specific individuals. This
usually portrays the physical characteristics of
the subject and seek to show an understanding
of the person’s character.

Fernando Amorsolo
 Nudes
These are paintings that portray the
unclothed human figure. Nowadays, a wide variety
of materials and styles can be used in painting
nudes. Nude painting sessions are conducted in
galleries.

The Nude Painting/ Bernardo Lira/Painting, Oil on Canvas

 Religious Painting
Common subjects of religious painting
include a lone religious image, lives of the saints, and
scenes based from the scriptures like the nativity
scene, and the stations of the cross.

Artist Danny Santiago working on a painting of

the Blessed Virgin Mary and the child Jesus
holding Carmelite scapulars (Photo: SSBCDFI
Still Life
This refers to a painting that depicts
natural or man-made objects that form a
composition in a natural setting. There are still
modern artists who did still life paintings, such as
Ang Kiukok, Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, and Manuel
Baldemor. Each artist uses his own style in
portraying still life.
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 A lot of styles can be used by artists in
painting, ranging from Baroque and Rococo,to
impressionism, expressionism, and abstract. In the
Philippines, popular styles during the contemporary
period include neoabstract ;hyperrealism and magic
realism, in which the subject is painted in a highly
realistic way that it resembles a photograph; and social
realism, which entails creating paintings that depict
socioeconomic and political problems.
Assessment/Application

Activity: “Collage it out!”

INSTRUCTION: In an oslo paper/ bond paper make a college with the application of the different themes of painting. Cut out
pictures from the magazine or newspaper and form a collage.

Themes:

- Interiors - Landscapes

- Portraits - Religious Paintings - Still Life

Rubrics:

-Application of Themes of painting - 40

-Originality - 30

- Cleanliness of Work - 20

-Over-all Impact - 10

100
A picture is worth a
thousand words