painting

Outline of painting

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A painting is a mode of expression in which paint or other medium is applied to a surface, and in Outline of painting which area and composition are two primary considerations. The art of painting is the act of creating paintings. The following outline painting is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Outline of painting the art of painting: Abstraction – Academy – Acrylic paint – Airbrush – Altarpiece – Appreciation – Aquarelle – Atmospheric perspective – Bloom – Body – Brush – Canvas Bark painting – Chiaroscuro – Color – Color theory – (hue, tint, tone, value) Crayon – Drawing – Drying oil – Easel – Egg tempera – Encaustic – Fresco Outline of painting – Frottage – Gesso – Glair – Glaze – Gouache – Ground – Hard-edge painting – Hierarchy of genres – History painting – Imagery – Impasto – Imprimatura – Ink – Key – Landscape – Line – Maulstick – Mastic – Mineral spirits – Model – Oil painting – Paint – Painter – Painterly – Panel painting – Outline of 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 – Underpainting – Valuing – Varnish – Veduta Outline of painting – Wash – Watercolor – Art techniques and materials Find more about Painting on Wikipedia s sister projects: .