Painting is an art that involves applying color to a surface to depict real or imagined objects. The basic materials used are paint, canvas, wood, paper, and brushes. There are several mediums for painting including watercolor, oil, tempera, pastel, fresco, and acrylic. Key elements of a painting are distance, color, light, line, shapes, composition, perspective, and symbols. Styles of painting include abstract, which does not depict the subject realistically, and expressionist styles like symbolism, fauvism, dadaism, surrealism, and futurism that allow for personal expression.

1. APPRECIATING
THE ART OF
PAINTING

2.  It is an art by applying colors to a
surface to present an object
imagined or real.
Painting
 Basic materials of painting are
paint, canvass, wood, paper and
brush.

3. Mediums of Painting

4. a. Water Color
 It is a combination of
coloring materials &
water.

5. b. Oil
 It is a glossy product that slowly
dries to give the painter a
chance to do some corrections
of his art.

6. c. Tempera
 Its mineral coloring is a
mixture of egg yolks and ore.

7. d. Pastel
 It is a stick paste
made of powdered
pigment.

8. e. Fresco
 It is taken from the word
fresh, the art of painting
on fresh plaster.

9.  It is a paint which
adhesive element is
acrylic resin.
f. Acrylic

10. Art Elements of a
Painting

11. Distance
 Foreground – the
part of the painting
closest to the viewer
Middle ground – the part
between the foreground &
the part
Background – the farthest

12. Color
 Artists use colors to convey feelings &
moods w/in their painting.

13. Light
 Painters simulating natural light or using
hidden spotlights to let you focus your
attention on what they want you to notice in
the painting.
 It affects the color of the subject & objects in
the painting to let it look real & solid if the
artist shows the way light falls on them.

14.  Line
 Artists use various types of lines to
express ideas & feelings in their
paintings.

15. Shapes
 Artist uses it to
express ideas.

16. Composition
 Artist seriously plan how they
will arrange elements like
color, line & shape in their
paintings.

17.  Perspective
 To give the effect of distance,
the artist may make the
objects in the background
smaller in size, lighter in
color or less detailed.

18. Symbols
 It can be defined as
something, which
has a special
meaning or a
special message.

19. Styles in
Paintings

20. 1. Abstract
 A painting is called abstract
when the painter does not show
the subject as it appears in
reality.

21. a. Distortion
This is a kind of
abstract which natural
form or condition is
twisted or distorted.

22. b.
Elongation
 The character or the
object being
painted is
elongated or

23. c. Cubism
Abstractionism that stressed
through the use of some
geometrical shapes such as
cylindrical, triangular, spherical &
other forms at the expense of the
other pictorial elements.

24. d.
Mangling
 The object is presented
as cut lacerated,
mutilated or hacked.

25. 2. Expressionism
Artist has a freedom to
consider his personal style in
presenting his subject or
expressing his thought or
feeling.

26. a. Symbolism
 It is a thing or single that
stands for another thing.

27. b. Fauvism
 It is a kind of style or
movement in painting
that is characterized by a
thick pigment.

28. c. Dadaism
 It is a protest movement
against the traditional
outworn arts & evils in
society.

29. d.
Surrealism
 A style in presenting art
by fantastic or
incongruous imagery
produced by unnatural
combinations.

30. e.
Futurism
 It picture out something in
the future.