Painting

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Painting is the practice of applying a pigment in a liquid carrier to a surface in order to colour that surface. In a more specific sense, it is the art of painting a surface, such as paper, canvas, or a wall (mural). Painting is considered by many to be an extremely important art form - many of the world's most important works of art, such as the Mona Lisa, are paintings.

Painting techniques include:

Impasto
Wash, drip
Glaze
Encaustic
Fresco
scumble and stipple
Sfumato

The medium is the vehicle that the pigment is suspended or embedded in. Examples include:

Painting styles can be characterized by the method of application (loose or tight) or by the predominant characteristics that the painting expresses.

Painting tools include the various types of:
Artists brush
Palette knife
sponge
fingers
canvas
gesso

Paint is made up of pigment and media, with perhaps drying accelerants, texture enhancers, and other modifiers added.

For historical and contemporary movements in painting, see History of painting.

You can also see a list of artistic Painters.

Recently, computer painting is rapidly becoming a tool of modern painters.

A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is four dimensional painting.

External links

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What are our priorities for writing in this area? To help develop a list of the most basic topics about painting, please see Painting basic topics.

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