List of basic painting topics
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A painting is a work of art that consists of paint on a surface in the form of a picture or design. The art of painting is the act of creating paintings.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to the art of painting:
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[edit] Essence of painting
- Main article: Painting
[edit] Types of painting
[edit] History of painting
- Main article: History of painting
[edit] Basic painting concepts
Abstraction – Academy – Acrylic paint – Airbrush – Altarpiece – Appreciation – Aquarelle – Atmospheric perspective –
Canvas – Chiaroscuro – Color – Color theory – (hue, tint, tone, value) Crayon –
Drawing – Drying oil –
Easel – Egg tempera – Encaustic –
Gesso – Glair – Glaze – Gouache – Ground –
Hard-edge painting – Hierarchy of genres – History painting –
Imagery – Impasto – Imprimatura – Ink –
Key –
Maulstick – Mastic – Mineral spirits – Model –
Paint – Painter – Painterly – Panel painting – Pastel – Palette – Palette knife – Pencil crayon – Perspective – Photorealism – Pigment – Plasticity – Portrait – Preservation –
Realism –
Salon – Sfumato – Shading – Sketch – Solvent – Spatial organization – Still life – Surface –
Tempera – Texture – Turpentine –
Wash – Watercolor –
[edit] Famous painters
[edit] Painting lists
- Main article: List of painting topics
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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