PAINTING MEDIA
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Diverse types of paint are frequently
identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or
embedded in which determines the general working
characteristics of the paint like viscosity, solubility and
drying time. There are some painting media that you need to
know. For example: Acrylic, Fresco, Encaustic, Gouache, Ink,
Oil, Spray paint or graffiti, Tempera and Watercolor.
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Acrylic. - This painting is characterized by its
fast-drying. They are resistant to water when they
are completely dry. The acrylic painting has a
similar finish to oil painting and some watercolor.
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Fresco. - It is a painting done on a surface
covered with a thin layer of soft plaster, which
will apply slaked lime (CaOH2) and when the last
layer is still wet, is painted on it.
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Encaustic. - Technical painting made with colored
dissolved in melted wax to be applied hot.
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Gouache. - The gouache is an opaque watercolor. A
good gouache painting should not have thick
fillings or very thick layers of paint. However, it
produces an effect of being thicker of what
actually is.
- Ink. - It is a liquid containing different pigments and
dyes used for coloring a surface to create an image or
text. General perceptions consider ink for use in drawing
or writing with a pen or brush. However, inks are used most
widely in printing.
- Oil. - In art, oils are used to mix with other products
and get a color more suitable for painting.
- Graffiti. - It's called graffiti or painted a several
forms of registration or painting, usually on public or
private properties outside such as walls, vehicles, doors
and furniture, etc.
- Tempera. - Tempera is a kind of artist's paint and
associated art techniques that were known from the
classical world. It’s also identified as egg tempera.
- Watercolor. - It is a painting on paper or cardboard
with colors diluted in water. In its procedures used paint
by the layers transparent in order to achieve greater
brilliance and looseness in the composition being
done.
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