Mediums of Visual Arts-Pastel-Fresco-Acrylic

1. Presented by: Group 3

2. • Refers to the materials which are used
by an artist.
• Means by which he communicates his
ideas.
• Many mediums have been used in
creating different works of art.
• Mediums is very essential to arts.

3. PAINTING
-The expression of ideas and emotions,
with the creation of certain aesthetic
qualities, in a two-dimensional
visual language.
-Painting is the practice of
applying paint, pigment, color or other
medium to a solid surface (support base).
The medium is commonly applied to the
base with a brush, but other implements,
such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes,
can be used.

7. Soft pastels: This is the most widely
used form of pastel. The sticks have a
higher portion of pigment and less
binder, resulting in brighter colors. The
drawing can be readily smudged and
blended, but it results in a higher
proportion of dust. Finished drawings
made with soft pastels require
protecting, either framing under glass
or spraying with a fixative to prevent
smudging; hairspray also works,
although caution should be taken, as
fixatives may affect the color or texture
of the drawing. White chalk may be
used as a filler in producing pale and
bright hues with greater luminosity.

8.  Pan Pastels: These are formulated with a minimum
of binder in flat compacts (similar to some makeup)
and applied with special Soft micropore sponge tools.
No liquid is involved. A 21st-century invention, Pan
Pastels can be used for the entire painting or in
combination with soft and hard sticks.

9. Hard pastels: These have a higher portion of binder and
less pigment, producing a sharp drawing material that is
useful for fine details. These can be used with other pastels
for drawing outlines and adding accents. Hard pastels are
traditionally used to create the preliminary sketching out
of a composition.However, the colors are less brilliant and
are available in a restricted range in contrast to soft pastels.

10. Pastel pencils:
These are pencils
with a pastel
lead. They are
useful for adding
fine details.

11. Oil pastels: These have a
soft, buttery consistency
and intense colors. They
are dense and fill the
grain of paper and are
slightly more difficult to
blend than soft pastels,
but do not require a
fixative. They may be
spread across the work
surface by thinning with
turpentine.

12.  Water-soluble pastels: These are similar to soft pastels, but
contain a water-soluble component, such as Polyethylene
glycol. This allows the colors to be thinned out to an even, semi-
transparent consistency using a water wash. Water-soluble
pastels are made in a restricted range of hues in strong colors.
They have the advantages of enabling easy blending and mixing
of the hues, given their fluidity, as well as allowing a range of
color tint effects depending upon the amount of water applied
with a brush to the working surface.

15.  Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique
of mural painting executed upon freshly-laid, or
wet lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for
the pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the
setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral
part of the wall. The word fresco (Italian: affresco) is
derived from the Italian and also Greek
adjective fresco meaning "fresh", and may thus be
contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting
techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to
supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique
has been employed since antiquity and is closely
associated with Italian Renaissance painting.

20. 3 FAMOUS
PAINTINGS AROUND
THE WORLD

21.  Mona Lisa –
Leonardo da
Vinci. (1503 or
1504)
The most famous painting in
the world is the main
attraction of the Louvre
museum in Paris, where it is
seen by six million people
every year! Leonardo da Vinci
painted it from the year 1503 or
1504 till shortly before he died
in 1519

22. The Last
Supper –
Leonardo da
Vinci
This world famous painting is not shown in a museum, but
rather covers the back wall of the dining hall at Santa Maria
delle Grazie monastery in Milan, Italy. It was painted by the
most famous artist of all time, Leonardo da Vinci in the
late 15th-century. The painting depicts the scene of The Last
Supper of Jesus with his disciples. Seeing this masterpiece in
the small monastery is truly one of the best attractions Milan
has to offer.

23.  The Creation Of
Adam –
Michelangelo.
(1508 – 1512)
Located on the ceiling of The Sistine Chapel in
Vatican City, Rome. The Creation Of Adam was
painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512 and
it is just one of nine scenes from the book of
Genesis that are painted on the center of the ceiling
of the chapel.