LESSON 7: ARTISTIC SKILLS

AND TECHNIQUES TO
CONTEMPORARY ART
CREATIONS
Collage
 The art of making a picture in which various
materials or objects, for example paper, cloth, or
photographs, are stuck onto a larger surface

 A piece of art made by sticking various different

materials such as photographs and pieces of paper
of fabric onto a backing
Sample of Collage
Decollage
 Is the opposite of collage
 Instead of an image being built up of all or parts of
existing images, it is created by cutting, tearing
away or otherwise removing pieces of an original
image.
Sample of Decollage
Graffiti
 Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or
sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a
public place.
Land-art
 Variously known as Earth art, environmental art,
and Earthworks.
 is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land
itself into earthworks or making structures in the
landscape using natural materials such as rocks or
twigs.
Sample of Land-art
Digital Arts
 Is an artistic work or practice that uses digital
technology as an essential part of the creative or
presentation process.
Sample of Digital Arts
Mixed-Media
 The use of a variety of media in an entertainment
or work of art.

 Another term for multimedia

Sample of Mixed-media
Printmaking
 Is the process of making artworks by printing,
normally on paper.
 Normally covers only the process of creating prints
that have an element of originality, rather than just
being a photographic reproduction of a painting.
Sample of Printmaking