MEDIUMS IN VARIOUS FORMS OF

ART

John Bert A. Habagat, LPT

Instructor III, SEAS
 TWO DIMENSIONAL ART
CONSIST OF HEIGHT AND WIDTH SURFACE ONLY
NCLUDES PAINTING, DRAWING, PRINTMAKING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY
 THREE DIMENSIONAL ART
CONSIST OF HEIGHT, WWEIGHT, AND DEPTH
INCLUDES SCUPLTURE, ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE,
CRAFTS
 VISUAL ARTS

 ARTS THAT CAN PERCEIVED WITH OUR EYES

 THE MOST COMMON VISUAL ARTS ARE PAINTING,
SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE
 PAINTINGS
 AN ART OF CREATING MEANINGFUL EFFECTS ON A FLAT
SURFACE BY THE USE OF PIGMENTS

 THESE MEDIUM IS APPLIED TO WET PLASTER, CANVAS,

WOOD OR PAPER (CLAY, INSECTS, MINERALS, PLANTS)
 WATERCOLOR
 PRODUCE WARM AND RICH TONES USING THIS MEDIUM
PROVES TO BE A CHALLENGE

 PIGMENTS IN THIS MEDIUM INVITES BRILLIANCE AND VARIETY

OF HUES
 FRESCO
 THIS METHOD DONE ON A PLASTER SURFACE

Mixing pigments with

plaster (walls, ceilings)
Buon “true” Fresco:
paint is bound in the
wet plaster
Fresco secco: paint is
applied to dry plaster.
 TEMPERA
 TEMPERA PAINTS ARE MINERAL PIGMENTS MIXED WITH EGG
YOLK OR EGG WHITE
 ONE OF THE MOST USED IN MIDDLES AGES, ALSO FAST DRYING
 PASTEL
 PASTEL IS A STICK OF DRIED PASTE MADE OF
PIGMENT GROUND WITH CHALK COMPOUND
 ENCAUSTIC
 ONE OF THE EARLY MEDIUM USED BY THE EGYPTIANS
 ANCIENT PROCESS OF MIXING PIGMENTS WITH MAX, AND
THEN IRONING THE MIXTURE TO A SURFACE
 OIL
 One of the most expensive art activities today because of the
prohibitive cost of materials.
 It is the heaviest of painting mediums, slow drying, linseed oil
(weed soil) is used in oil painting to make the subject glossy
and long lasting
 ACRYLIC
 MEDIUM USED BY CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS
 FLEXIBLE OR EASY FOR CHANGED EVEN IT IS QUICK
DRYING
 IT IS NOT EASILY BREAK UNLIKE OIL PAINTS WHICH
TURNS DARKER OVER A PERIOD OF TIME
 MOSAIC
 IT IS THE ART OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE SMALL
PIECES OF COLORED STONES OR GLASS THAT IS
CALLED “TESSERAE” TO CREATE AN IMAGE.
 STAINED GLASS
 MADE BY COMBINING SMALL PIECES OF COLORED
GLASS
 PICTURES STAINED IN STAINED GLASS ARE
COMMONLY DEPICTS THE LIVES OF SAINTS
 TAPESTRY
 A FABRIC PRODUCED BY HAND-WEAVING COLORED THREAT UPON
A WARP.
 OFTEN USED FOR PICTORIALS, WALL HANGINGS, FURNITURE
COVERING
 DRAWING
 USUALLY DONE ON PAPER USING PENCIL, PEN AND INK OR
CHARCOAL.
 THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF ALL SKILLS NECESSARY IN ARTS
 STONE
 HARD BRITTLE SUBSTANCE FORMED FROM MINERAL
AND EARTH MATERIAL
 GRANITE
 IT IS A GRANULAR IGNEOUS ROCK COMPOSED OF
DELDSPAR AND QUARTS, USUALLY COMBINED WITH
OTHER MINERALS.
 ANOTHER STONE
 BASALT – HARD AND BLACK
 LIMESTONE – HAS A FINE AND EVEN TEXTURE,
VERY WELL TO CARVING
 BRECIATED MARBLE – COMPOSED OF
ANGULAR FRAGMENTS
 SERPENTINE MARBLE – PRIZED FOR ITS
VARIEGATED PATTERS AND IS OFTEN USED IN
LARGE FLAT PLANES
 JADE
 FINE STONE, USUALLY COLORED GREEN, USED IN
ANCIENT CHINA AS ORNAMENTAL STONE FOR
CARVING AND FASHION JEWELRY.
 IT SYMBOLIZE VIRTUES SUCH AS FAITHFULNESS,
WISDOM AND CHARITY.
 IVORY
 CAME FROM MAIN PARTS OF TUSKS OF ELEPHANT, IT
IS THE WHITE SUBSTANCE USED TO MAKE CARVINGS
AND BILLIARD BALLS.
 METALS
 INCLUDES ANY OF A CLASS OF ELEMENTARY
SUBSTANCES SUCH AS GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER.
 TRADITIONALLY, THE METAL USED AS MEDIUMS FOR
SCULPTURE ARE COPPER, BRASS, BRONZE, GOLD,
SILVER AND LEAD.
 BRONZE – ONE OF THE OLDEST ALLOY OF
METAL, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR METALS
FOR CAST SCULPTURE
 BRASS – AN ALLOY OF COPPER AND ZINC, NPT
POPULARLY USED BY CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
 GOLD AND SILVER – USED AS CASTING
MATERIALS FOR SMALL OBJECTS LIKE
MEDALS, COINS AND PIECES OF JEWELRY.
 PLASTER
 COMPOSED OF LIME, SAND, AND WATER
 IT IS APPLIED ON WALLS AND CEILINGS AND
ALLOWED TO HARDEN AND DRY
 CLAY
 USED IN MAKING BRICKS AND CERAMICS
 GENERALLY FRAGILE SO IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO
CAST IT IN ANOTHER DURABLE CERAMICS
 BISTER
 A BROWN PIGMENT FROM THE SOOT OF WOOD, AND
OFTEN USED IN PEN AND WASH DRAWINGS
 CRAYONS
 PIGMENTS BOUND BY WAX AND COMPRESSED INTO
PAINTED STICKS USED FOR DRAWING.
 SILVERPOINT
 TO PRODUCED A SILVERPOINT ARTWORK, THE
ARTIST USED A SILVER STYLUS TO PRODUCE A THIN
GRAYISH ON SPECIALLY PAPER
 PRINT MAKING
 A PRINT IS ANYTHING PRINTED ON A SURFACE THAT
IS A DIRECT RESULT FROM THE DUPLICATION
PROCESS
 USUALLY PAINTING, GRAPHIC IMAGE OR TEXT
 LITHOGRAPHY
 A SURFACE PRINTING DONE FROM AN ALMOST
SMOOTH SURFACE WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED
CHEMICALLY OR MECHANICALLY SO THAT SOME
SURFACE AREAS WILL PRINT AND OTHERS WILL
NOT.
 SCULPTURE
 THE ART OF MAKING THREE DIMENSIONAL ART,
ESPECIALLY BY CARVING STONE OR WOOD
 WOOD
 IT IS EASIER TO CARVE THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUMS
AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT CAN BE SUBJECTED INTO A
VARIETY OF TREATMENT
1. Painting medium used popularly by contemporary
painters because of the transparency and quick drying
characteristics of water color and the flexibility of oil
combined.
A. Pastel B. Acrylic
C. Encaustic D. Oil
2. It is the heaviest of the painting medium
A. Pastel B. Acrylic
C. Encaustic D. Oil
3 Is a stick of dried paste made of pigment ground with
chalk and compounded with gum water
A. Pastel B. Acrylic
C. Encaustic D. Oil
with heat
A. Pastel B. Acrylic
C. Encaustic
D. Oil
5. The use of these pigments incite brilliance and a
variety of hues
A. Water color B.Tempera
C. Fresco
D. Pastel
6. A painting method done on a moist plaster surface
with colors ground in water or a limewater mixture.
A. Water color B.Tempera
C. Fresco
D. Pastel
7. Mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk or egg white
and ore.
A. Water color B.Tempera
C. Fresco D. Pastel
8. Art which is usually done on paper using pencil, pen,
and ink or charcoal.
A. Tapestry B. Stained glass
C. Drawing D.
Mosaic
9. It is made by combining small pieces of colored glass,
held together by bands of lead.
A. Tapestry B. Stained glass
C. Drawing D.
Mosaic
10. The art of putting together small pieces of colored
stones or glass called “tesserae” to create an image.
A. Tapestry B. Stained glass
C. Drawing D. Mosaic
11. A fabric produced by hand weaving colored threats
upon a warp
A. Tapestry B. Stained glass
C. Drawing D. Mosaic
12. This stone material for sculpture is a granular
igneous rock quite difficult to chisel and good for large
works with only a few designs. The Egyptian sculptures
of Pharaohs were mostly done in this metal.
Marble B. Granite
C. Basalt D. Limestone
13. To produce this artwork, the artist uses a silver
stylus to produce a thin grayish on a specially
prepared paper.
Chinese ink B. Silver point
C. Crayons D. Bister
14. A brown pigment extracted from the soot of
wood, and often used in pen and wash drawing.
Chinese ink B. Silver point
C. Crayons D. Bister
15. Pigments bound by wax and compressed into
painted stick used for drawing.
Chinese ink B. Silver point
C. Crayons D. Bister
16. The most fundamental of all skills necessary in
arts.
Sculpture B. Print making
C. Drawing D. Lithography
17. A surface printing done from an almost surface
which has been treated chemically or mechanically so
that some surface areas will print and others will not.
Sculpture B. Print making
C. Drawing D. Lithography
18. The duplication process that resulted directly into
anything printed on a surface.
Sculpture B. Print making
C. Drawing D. Lithography
19-20. WHO WAS THE PAINTER OF FAMOUS OIL PAINTING
TITLED “SPOLIARIUM”
21. ARTS THAT CAN PERCEIVED WITH OUR EYES
22. ART THAT CONSIST OF HEIGHT AND WIDTH SURFACE
ONLY
23. ART THAT CONSIST OF HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AND DEPTH
24. AN ART OF CREATING MEANINGFUL EFFECTS ON A
FLAT SURFACE BY THE USE OF PIGMENTS
25. ANCIENT PROCESS OF MIXING PIGMENTS WITH
MAX, AND THEN IRONING THE MIXTURE TO A
SURFACE