Intro To Art 1010

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Paint Techniques & Art Terms

Term	Description
Pigment	Mixed with a binder, color from organic or chemicals
Buon Fresco	"true fresco"
Binder	Substance in paints, pigment adheres to another or support
Medium	Material from which a work of art is made
Fresco	Usually a wall or ceiling coated in plaster
Acrylic	Fast-drying paint (similar to oil, but more modern)
Tempera	Diluted with water and applied in a broad wash
Gesso	Mixure of white pigment and glue sealed wood, sanded and rubbed smooth into a fine finish
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Term	Description
Tempera	Naturally occurring emulsion is egg yolk
Buon Fresco	Paint made of pigment and water applied to wet lime plaster
Oil	Consists of pigment compounded with oil (usually linseed oil)
Vehicle	Liquid compounded with pigment to make paint
Glazes	Thin Translucent veils of color applied over a think layer of underpainting
Support	Surface of an artwork, canvas, paper, wood, wall
Ground	Prepatory coating of paint, applied to support for painting or drawing
Primer	Preliminary coating applied to a painting support to improve adhesion
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Tempera	Forms drawn gradually w/cross hatching strokes
Gouache	Watercolor w/inert white pigment added
Canvas	Stretched over a wooden frame, sized w/glue to seal fibers, coated w/white oil based ground
Encaustic	Paints that consist of pigment mixed with wax and resin
Buon Fresco	As plaster dries, the chemical transforms and acts as a binder fusing pigment w/a plaster surface
Alla Prima	Italian for "all in one go"
Acrylic	Strong, weatherproof, industrial paint using synthetic plastic resin
Nonaqueous Media	Require turpentine or mineral spirits with paint
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Fresco	Pigments mixed with water and applied to a plaster support
Oil	Creates as it dries a transparent film where the pigment is suspended
Encaustic	When colors are heated, wax melts and paint can be brushed easily
Aqueous	Media that can be diluted with water
Tempera	Used on wood panel support prepared by a ground of gesso
Gouache	Virtually colorless in paint, serves to make colors opaque
Encaustic	Wax cools and paint hardens
Collage	French for "pasting/gluing/attaching actual objects
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Term	Description
Impasto	Italian meaning "paste"
Alla Prima	Opaque colors on white ground
Impasto	Applied like frosting
Grisaille	Completed painting in black & white
Encaustic	After painting is completed a "burning in" as a heat source is passed close to the surface of the painting to fuse the colors
Fresco	Wall painting technique
Watercolor	Pigment in a vehicle of water and gum arabic
Gouache	Well-suited for large areas of flat saturated color
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Term	Description
Fresco	Been used for large-scale murals since ancient times
Tempera	Dries to a tough insoluable film
Fresco	Only way an artist can correct mistakes or change forms is to let plaster dry and chip away and start all over
Grisaille	Colored glazes are then applied over the monochrome image
Fresco	Survived from ancient mediteranean
Acrylic	Polymer paints
Gouache	Dries quickly and uniformly
Casein	Vehicles that is used to make tempera
Fresco	Dry plaster
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