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  2. List of art techniques - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Artists have explored many styles and have used ...

  3. Mixed media - Wikipedia

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    In visual art, mixed media describes artwork in which more than one medium or material has been employed. [1] [2] Assemblages, collages, and sculpture are three common examples of art using different media. Materials used to create mixed media art include, but are not limited to, paint, cloth, paper, wood and found objects. [citation needed]

  4. Lyrical abstraction - Wikipedia

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    Painters who directly reacted against the predominating Formalist, Minimalist, and Pop Art and geometric abstraction styles of the 1960s, turned to new, experimental, loose, painterly, expressive, pictorial and abstract painting styles. Many of them had been Minimalists, working with various monochromatic, geometric styles, and whose paintings ...

  5. 7 DIY hacks to avoid messy painting - AOL

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    These are seven of her DIY hacks to avoid messy painting. These hacks go over how to paint straight lines, clean paintbrushes, and paint wall edges. 7 DIY hacks to avoid messy painting [Video]

  6. Craquelure - Wikipedia

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    Painting systems are composed of complex layers with unique mechanical properties that depend on the type of drying oil or paint medium used and the presence of paint additives, such as organic solvents, surfactants, and plasticizers. Understanding the mechanism of craquelure formation in paint and the resulting crack morphology provides ...

  7. Gongbi - Wikipedia

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    Finches and Bamboo (11th century) by Emperor Huizong of Song by Puxian, a Beile of the Qing dynasty. Gongbi (simplified Chinese: 工笔; traditional Chinese: 工筆; pinyin: gōng bǐ; Wade–Giles: kung-pi) is a careful realist technique in Chinese painting, the opposite of the interpretive and freely expressive xieyi (寫意 'sketching thoughts') style.

  8. All-over painting - Wikipedia

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    All-over painting refers to the non-differential treatment of the surface of a work of two-dimensional art, for instance a painting. This concept is most popularly thought of as emerging in relation to the so-called "drip" paintings of Jackson Pollock and the "automatic writing" or "abstract calligraphy" of Mark Tobey in the 1950s, though the applicability of the term all-over painting would ...

  9. The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques - Wikipedia

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    The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques is a reference book by Ralph Mayer (1895–1979). [1] Intended by the author for use by professional artists, it deals mostly with the chemical and physical properties of traditional painterly materials such as oil , tempera , and encaustic , as well as solvents , varnishes, and painting mediums.