Painting

Tools and Techniques Used in Painting

1. Atelier : artist’s studio
2. Batik : painting on wax treated cloth
3. Cartoon : full size, preliminary painting or sketch for complete work
4. Collage : pasting together bits of found objects
5. Cool-colors – blue green colors of the spectrum
6. Crayon: small stick or chalk, colored wax or charcoal used for painting
7. Easel: vertical framework for supporting painting in progress
8. Finger paint: water soluble, non-toxic paint applied with fingers
9. Fresco : technique of painting directly on a wet plaster surface
10. Gilding : application of gold leaf for picture surface
11. Glaze: thin translucent layer of cover
12. Hue : distinct quality of a color a spectrum
13. Iconography : represent in painting or drawing
14. Limn: represent in painting or drawing
15. Mandorla : halo of light on holy figures
16. Monochromatic : having a single color scheme
17. Oeuvre: entire body of an artist’s work
18. Palette: handled board for mixing colors
19. Polychromatic : painted in many colors
20. Restoration : repair of damaged or worn out painting
21. Secco: painting or dry plaster on wall or ceiling
22. Vignette : small decorative painting used at intervals in books
23. Grotesque : work involving animal, human and plant forms
24. Genre: realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life
25. Altarpiece: devotional image in place of worship
26. Curator: person in charge of museum and objects in it

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