Painting
A painting is a two-dimensional image or
artwork created using pigments or color on a
ground such as canvas, cardboard, paper or
wood. The pigment may be in a wet form,
such as paint, or a dry form, such as pastels.
Other variety of materials used are acrylic,
charcoal, ink, oil, and watercolor. Since
painting is created on a flat surface, it can be
described as an artwork that has only height
and width.
Different Forms of Painting
1. EASEL PAINTING is the most common
form of painting. This involves applying
color to a board or canvas that is fixed on an
upright support called an easel. These are
typically meant to be framed and hanged on
a wall after creating them.
2. MURAL is a huge-sized painting usually
created on a wall that aims to convey a
message to the public. In the modern-day, a
new form of mural was developed to prevent
the mural from being erased from the wall -
a portable mural was created using bold
strokes and bright colors on pieces of
cheesecloth or canvas.
3. TELON PAINTING is an artwork
synonymous to a backdrop or background
for a stage usually used in popular forms of
theater arts in the country such as komedya,
sarswela, or sinakulo.
4. JEEPNEY and CALESA PAINTING is
an artwork that is created on the famous
transportation of the country. Geometric
shapes, repetitive pattems and thin lines,
typically in one color, are painted on the
borders of the calesa while colorful logos,
images (mostly religious), and texts are
painted to cover the jeepney's body.
5. COLLAGE involves the combination of
different images to form a single artwork.
MATERIALS USED IN PAINTING
1. OIL PAINT is a thick, shiny paint made
by mixing pigment with oil (usually
linseed). Oil paintings take several days to
dry but the art piece lasts very long.
2. ACRYLIC PAINT is a thick shiny paint
made by mixing pigment with water and an
acrylic base. Unlike oil, acrylic paint is
cheaper and dries within a few hours.
3. POSTER PAINT is a solid water-based
paint that dries to a matte finish.
4. FRESCO is Italian for "fresh". The
technique involves painting with dry
pigment on wet plaster. Note that Fresco a
secco involves painting on dry plaster.
5. TEMPERA is a water-based paint that
may or may not be mixed with egg yolks
(egg tempera).
6. WATERCOLOR is a soft and transparent
paint made from pigment, water and gum
Arabic.
One can actually create a painting from any
kind of theme. The MOST COMMON
THEMES USED IN PAINTING are:
1. STILL LIFE involves the use of natural or
man-made objects in a natural-setting. It can
be flowers, food, or musical instruments. A
still life reveals an artist's skill in painting
shapes, light, and shadow.
2. PORTRAIT is an image of a person or
animal. Aside from showing what someone
looks like, a portrait often captures a mood
or personality.
3. LANDSCAPES portray a natural scenery
or an outdoor scene. A landscape artist uses
paint to create not only land, water, and
clouds but air, wind, and sunlight. In the
contemporary time, landscape paintings are
created using mixed media.
4. SEASCAPES make use of large bodies of
water like the ocean or the sea as the subject
of the painting.
5. INTERIORS refer to the painting of the
space inside of a house or a building, which
shows the social class of the people living in
it as well as their traits.
6. HISTORY portrays scenes from the past,
which often teaches a lesson about national
values.
7. RELIGION is another common subject
used in paintings. It includes religious
images, lives of saints, and scenes from the
Bible that portray a sacred story or express
an artist's faith.
8. GENRE painting depicts people in their
daily activities. Basically, it is a painting of
scenes that capture life in action. It could
show a farmer tilling a land, a busy street, a
beach party, a dinner gathering, or any place
where living goes on.
9. NUDES are portrayals of the unclothed
human figure.
STYLES IN PAINTING
1. ABSTRACT ART refers to a style of
painting that does not use figurative reality
as a reference. The artist alludes to his or her
subject and reduces it to a simplified form.
FOUR TYPES OF ABSTRACT ART
 Abstract Expressionism paintings
are emotionally intense and spontaneously
created by the artist.
 Color Field paintings are
characterized by large, solid colors on a flat
plane. The colors are the subjects
themselves, and they are normally painted
on large canvas material.
 Lyrical Abstraction refers to
abstract paintings that are softer and more
romantic in nature. Side of St. George, 1968,
Paul Jenkins
 Cubism is characterized by
geometric figures. Cubist painters analyze
the subject and break it up into a geometric
abstract form.
2. SURREALISM portrays images that are
often illogical and have a dream-like quality
about them.
3. CONCEPTUAL ART is a modem art
style where the artist believes that concept is
more important than artwork itself.
4. POP ART occurred as a reaction to
abstract expressionism, which mid-1950s
British artists believed was art that was far-
removed from daily life.

5. PHOTOREALISM is one that looks as

realistic as a photograph. This is done by
taking a picture of the subject and then
painting it.

6. HYPERREALISM is an advancement of
the photorealism art movement. Artists use
high- resolution cameras to take photographs
and paint them on canvas.

7. MINIMALISM is an art movement that

is, as expected, characterized by simplicity.
Minimalist paintings strip down the subject
to its very essence.

8. FUTURISM concerns itself with subjects

like the technology, speed, violence, and the
future of the world. It concerns itself with
the depiction of man's triumph over nature.

9. IMPRESSIONISM is characterized by
thin brushstrokes and an emphasis on the
depiction of
light. It is often painted outdoors to capture
sunlight and color of their subjects.

10. FAUVISM focuses on strong color.

Artists employing this style have wild brush
strokes and highly simplified subjects.