The Media of Art

1. The Media of Art

2. What is a medium of art? • A medium of art is a material used to create a work of art. • Artists work in both 2D media and 3D media.

3. 2D Media - Drawing • Drawing media include pencils, charcoal, chalk, ink, and pastel. • Drawing is used to make art, but it is also used to planning projects and sketching.

4. 2D Media - Drawing Henri Matisse, Charcoal Mary Cassatt, Pastel Leonardo da Vinci, Ink

5. 2D Media - Drawing Frank Lloyd Wright, Pencil Sir Thomas Lawrence, Chalk

6. 2D Media - Painting • Painters usually paint on either canvas, fabric, or paper. • Paint includes three things: • Pigment – Finely ground, colored powder that gives ever paint its color. Pigments can be natural or synthetic. • Binder – A liquid that holds together the grains of pigment and makes it stick to a surface. • Solvent – A material used to thin a paint’s binder.

7. 2D Media - Painting • There are many different types of paint. The most common include: • Oil paint – this paint takes its name from its binder, which is usually linseed oil. Because oil paint dries slowly, it can be blended directly on the canvas. • Tempera – uses egg and water as a binder. The tempera we use now is also called poster paint, and its binder is a glue-based. • Watercolor – Watercolor is named for its solvent. The binder in watercolor is gum arabic, which is a gummy plant matter. • Acrylic – A fast drying water-based paint made with synthetic binders and sometimes synthetic pigments.

8. 2D Media - Painting Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas Duccio, tempera on wood

9. 2D Media - Painting Roy Lichtenstein, Acrylic John Singer Sargent, watercolor

10. 2D Media - Printmaking • Printmaking – a technique in which an inked image from a prepared surface is transferred onto another surface, such as paper or fabric. • http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/print.html

11. 2D Media – Computer Art • Computer art – artwork in which computers play a role in the making or display of artwork. • Artists use special programs which create or make the computer create artwork.

12. 2D Media – Mixed Media • Mixed media – artwork that is made with more than one medium. Romare Bearden, collage

13. 3D Media - Sculpture • Sculpture – art that is made to stand out in space. • Freestanding sculpture – sculpture that is surrounded on all sides by space (also known as sculpture-in-the-round). • Relief sculpture – sculpture that is only partly enclosed by space.

14. 3D Media - Sculpture • Types of Sculpture • Carving – cutting or chipping a shape from a mass. • Casting – a melted down metal or other liquid is poured into a mold to harden. • Modeling – a soft or workable material (such as clay) is built up and shaped. • Assembling – gathering and joining different kinds of materials.

15. 3D Media - Sculpture Egyptian relief carving Auguste Rodin, bronze casting

16. 3D Media - Sculpture Marilyn Levine, modeled clay Louise Nevelson, assemblage

17. 3D Media - Architecture • Architecture – the planning and creation of buildings

18. 3D Media - Crafts • Crafts – artwork made by hand that often requires a specialized skill. • Pottery– the making of functional objects with clay. • Fiber arts – art which uses textiles such as fabric, yarn, and other fibers. • Glassblowing – the shaping of melted glass into objects. • Woodworking – the art of making objects with wood.

19. 3D Art - Crafts Native American woven blanket Greek pottery

20. 3D Media – Crafts Eric Fransen, woodworking Dale Chihuly, glassblowing