2. Paintings has been an artistic tradition for thousand of years. It mirrors
past events and ways of life and provides creative representations of nature
in the different periods of history.
In 19th century a Filipino artist,
Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo, his
painting La Marina
expressed his idea and feeling
towards the nature.
3. Brenda Fajardo, a Filipina painter and
educator paint a nationalistic and
historical theme like the Archieves of
Women.
Nature and culture is one of the primary sources of inspiration of great
painters. This is because it demonstrates the elements of art, foremost of
which color. Painters use color in describing and composing a scene in their
paintings. They use paints and paintbrushes as primary tools in creating their
art woks.
4. In using paints, it is important to make it thin for easier application and for
finer outcome of your artwork.
Turpentine is a type of oil with
strong smell that is used to make
paint thinner. It is also used to
clean paint brushes.
5. Artist use oil paints and water-based paints in their artworks. Oil paints dry
slowly which give the artist enough time to make adjustments in his or her
artwork if necessary. Water-based paints such as acrylic, watercolor, and
tempra dry more quickly than oil paints.
Color wheel is a chart that shows
the relationship between the
primary, secondary and
intermediate colors. It shows which
color pair well with one another
and what colors can be mixed to
produced another color.
6. Primary colors are red, blue and
yellow. They cannot be produced
by any other colors. However,
mixing two primary colors can
produce another color
Secondary colors are colors
produced when two colors are
mixed. Violet, orange, and green
are the secondary colors.
7. Intermediate colors produced by
mixing primary and secondary
colors. The sin intermediate colors
are red violet, red orange, yellow
orange, yellow green, blue green,
and blue violet.
Neutral colors are the black, white
and gray. Mixing black and white
creates different variations of gray.
8. Still life refers to an artwork that
shows objects that cannot move on
their own.
Contrast causes the shapes to stand
out from others.
Tint is a color produced by mixing
a certain color with white. It makes
the color lighter.
Shade is a color produced by
mixing a certain color with black. It
makes the color darker.
