Francois Boucher

Nolan’s painting style is noted for its fluidity, which he emphasized by applying unusual mediums—such as ripolin (an enamel house paint) and polyvinyl acetate—to masonite, glass, paper, or canvas.

The colors for the painting are usually accomplished with naturally colored sand, such as crushed gypsum (white), yellow ochre, red sandstone, charcoal and a mixture of charcoal and gypsum (blue). Other coloring agents include corn meal, flower pollen, or powdered roots and bark. Sand paintings are not the only artforms created by the Navajo, there are also rugs.

The medium used for this work of art is oil. In this technique the oil acts as a binder and causes a quick drying layer that can built upon. The formal elements of a painting include line, color, space, light, texture and pattern. The line appears to be an implied line in which the work creates directional movements from top to bottom. But also forces the viewer to see how the figures stand out and there importance in the painting. The color shows a subtle spectrum with a detailed background from the skies to the mountains to the artist table canvas. The light is somewhat even throughout the painting showing emphasis on every figure holding something in their hands; and more so the final product of the artist that are being captured on the canvas. The visual texture of the painting appears to be smooth and the pattern is decorative and somewhat vibrant. The principle of unity and variety are evident in this painting, the design itself shows a sense of community of important figures throughout African American history. I was drawn to this piece because it embodied the heritage of African American art through history. This painting by Hale Woodruff displays many of the significant contributions that African Americans made to the world of Art. Not necessarily “picture art” but all realms of life art: cooking, liberal arts, politics, labor, law and many more through his vibrant

Casein is a milk based paint and tempera is an egg based paint. tempera is another common medium. Before oil painting became popular, most painting was done with tempera paints. Rather than oil, the pigments are held together with a sticky material, most commonly egg yolk. Egg yolk holds the pigments together, but it dries very fast and can sometimes give the paint a slightly yellow color. Nevertheless, it was a very common way to make paint before oils came around and is still used by many artists who enjoy working with fast-drying paints to create certain effects. Tempera is often used to paint wood, another common medium before the Italian

Claude Bourgelat, was born March 27th 1712, the son of a noble lyon family. He originally intended to practice law. He also loved horses. He loved the writings of that era’s masters of horsemanship, including the Duke of Newcastle and Jacques de Solleysel. When he was 28 years old he became a grand equerry of france and the director of the Lyon Academy of Horsemanship.

The one thing that makes watercolors the least expensive medium is the amount of supplies needed to get started, which consists of only the essentials: paints, paintbrushes, watercolor paper, a pallete, and water. Because of its need of just the bare necessities, this makes watercoloring an affordable pastime. (McArdle) The forms of traditional watercolors are pans and tubes. Furthermore, the difference between the two is that tubes of paint are already moist, so water isn’t required; pans on the other hand are hard cakes of paint that need water in order to be used. (McArdle) Along with traditional watercolors, there are two other derived forms of watercolor: tempera and gouache. Unlike most watercolors, tempera uses a binding agent instead of gum arabic, meaning that they are made with sizes1. Because of this ingredient, tempera paintings are long-lived. (Steel) Meanwhile, gouache contains larger

In this painting, the detail is meticulous. The artist has used a vibrant palette of oil colors.

This is how art started. Art began 40,000 years ago when cavemen and women were around. They drew realistic pictures of men, women and animals. They named these paintings too one was named pig-deer no one knows why though. Although sometimes in pictures they traced their hands on walls and rock to create details, and sometimes they scratched the pictures too. For their art they used paint and in this paint was a chemical named uranium. This chemical is important because it helps determine how old a painting is because the chemical itself doesn’t decay. They also used pigments and lots of minerals in their paint.

The term ground refers to a prepared surface for painting. As a general guideline, any surface that is absorbent, rigid and heat resistant will work for encaustic art. Suitable grounds include wood, untempered masonite, stretched canvas or linen, plywood, drywall or plaster, unglazed ceramics, heavy watercolour or printmaking paper. Some grounds may need to be applied to a substrate for support.

It is with strong feelings and faith that I believe Jan van Eyck to be the most influential leading master of oil painting during the Renaissance to present. Famous and respectable humanist Bartolomeo Facio places him among the best artists of the early 15th century, along with Rogier van der Weyden, Gentile da Fabriano, and Pisanello. Facio records that van Eyck was a learned man, and that he was versed in the classics. I would have to agree with Facio as van Eyck was one of the first to use one layer of tempera and then a layer of oil on his pieces which leads to the common misconception that he is the father of oil painting. There is a common misconception, which dates back to the sixteenth-century Vite of the Tuscan artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari, that Jan van Eyck invented oil painting. It is however true that he achieved, or perfected, new and remarkable effects using this technique.cited While he is the master, he is not the father. He is, however, credited with the invention of the oil-glazing technique, which replaced the earlier method. This new method allowed for rich details and luminous colors. This style of painting was characterized by using realistic depictions of surface

The image itself is composed of oils in order to give the painting a smooth look overall. The oils also promote the blending and making of various colors therefore

Michelangelo responded that, oil painting was, "an art for women and for leisurely and idle people like Fra Sebastiano" (Barnes 113). Fresco is a time-consuming process, however the overall effect is stunning. First the artist lays on a coat of plaster, waiting until it is nearly dry. A thin paper is placed on the surface that contains tiny perforations in the outline of the image to be painted. Charcoal is then dusted into the holes creating a preparatory drawing, or cartoon, to be painted onto the surface. The paint is brushed onto the damp plaster and as the plaster dries, the paint becomes part of the wall. Giving a much deeper and rich color than oil on plaster.

In Women Holding a Balance media was oil paint, the material was canvas. The techniques that Johannes Vermeer use was camera obscure. He also used the tip of his brush handle to erase and recreate certain parts of his image. When he was finish with his painting he used some type of glaze to cover them to add protect and sheen. His painting technique have evolve over time to capture different type of texture such as clothes and the furniture in the painting.

This artwork was created using oil on canvas. Oil on canvas was used frequently by another artist of the time. Oil on canvas is an alternative to other paintings because

Boucher, who lived from 1703-70, was the archetypal painter of the French rococo, a style that subordinated subject matter to a lacy, frothy sensuality in which bodies, clothes, clouds, waves and forests become not themselves but images of desire, metaphors for titillation. Among the most prolific of his generation, he worked in virtually every medium and every