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    This document discusses medium and technique in art. It defines medium as the materials used by an artist to create works of art, such as paint type and canvas for paintings. Technique refers to the manner in which the artist uses the medium to achieve their desired effect. In painting, common media include acrylic, oil, watercolor, and pastels. In sculpture, artists use materials like stone, metal, wood, and found objects. Architecture uses building materials like stone, glass, steel, and concrete as its media.

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    This document discusses medium and technique in art. It defines medium as the materials used by an artist to create works of art, such as paint type and canvas for paintings. Technique refers to the manner in which the artist uses the medium to achieve their desired effect. In painting, common media include acrylic, oil, watercolor, and pastels. In sculpture, artists use materials like stone, metal, wood, and found objects. Architecture uses building materials like stone, glass, steel, and concrete as its media.

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    ART APPRECIATION

    MEDIUM AND

    TECHNIQUE IN THE ARTS

    Prepared by: Ms. Ellah Marie V. Ballo, LPT., MAEd.


    refers to the materials which

    are used by an artist to create

    works of art to interpret his

    feelings or thoughts
    It is the manner in which the

    artist controls the medium to

    achieve the desired effect.


    denotes the means by which

    an artist communicates his


    idea.
    the plural form of it is media.

    it is very essential in the arts.


    the artist thinks, feels, and

    gives shape to his vision in

    terms of it.
    when an artist chooses it, he

    believes he can best express

    the idea he wants to convey.


    It has something to do with

    the way he manipulates his

    medium to express his iedeas

    in the artwork.
    As the artist chooses it for a

    given work, it has an

    important bearing on how the

    work is going to look.


    Medium
    Technique
    Media Used in Painting,

    Sculpture and Architecture


    In PAINTING, media refers to both the type of paint used and the

    base or ground to which it is applied.


    A paint's medium to make paint and control consistency. refers to
    what carries a paint's pigments, and is also called a "VEHICLE" or

    a "BASE."
    A painter can mix a medium with solvents, pigments, and other

    substances in order.
    Examples of common paint media:
    acrylic paint, encaustic, fresco, gouache, magna paint, oil paint,

    pastel, tempera and watercolor.


    Media Used in Painting, Sculpture

    and Architecture
    In SCULPTURE, sculptors use a variety of materials to create their art.
    Hard Materials Sound Light
    Statues, kinetic sculptures, and
    Some experimental artists create sound
    They use a various form of light or

    environmental sculpture sculptures, meaning the three-


    lighting to create an aesthetic effect.
    dimensional structures also produce

    Use concrete, bronze, clay, stone,


    sounds. The medium of light may use fractal

    marble, granite, limestone,


    This art may also be known as a sound
    manipulations or gaseous forms of light

    alabaster, sandstone, schist,


    installation because the sculptures are
    (electricity) to produce an image. Some

    soapstone, wood, glass, stainless


    regularly installed in art galleries. Some
    light sculptures produce light due to

    steel, aluminum, antimony, chrome,


    famous artists who are known for their
    the hard materials in a sculpture while

    copper, gold, iron, lead, nichrome,


    sound sculptures are Alexander Calder,
    others are nothing but light. The most

    nickel, palladium, platinum, silver,


    Hugh Davies, and Nigel Helyer. famous light sculptors are Olafur

    tin, titanium, zinc, diamond, jade,


    Eliasson and Dan Flavin (the creator of

    ivory and ceramics Sound sculptures differ from musical


    light sculptures made via flourescent

    instruments in that they are not


    lights)
    manipulated by a human player to

    Some alternative mediums are ice,


    make a sound; they simply make a

    sand, plastic and found objects. sound on their own due to their design.
    In ARCHITECTURE, an architect uses building
    materials as its media in the construction of buildings

    and other physical structures.


    Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay,

    rocks, sand, and wood, even twigs, and leaves, have

    been used to construct buildings.


    Many man-made products are in use, some more and

    some less synthetic. Examples are glass, steel, and

    concrete cement. They provide the make-up of

    habitats and structures including homes.


    Activity Time!!!

    To be submitted on 12 noon of

    March 24, 2023


    Thank you
    for listening!

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