Visual art: the painting and not only

Speaking of painting as one of the forms of art, it is worth noting that she has several varieties. Each of them has its own characteristics in form and content, the specificity of the technique and technology of application of materials. There are the following types of art: mural, easel, decorative and decorative-applied.

Monumental painting includes works, large-scale not only in size but also in stories. Usually such images are placed on the walls or write directly on the ceilings in public buildings. Their goal – to create a kind of synthesis of painting and architecture, which made the premises, or to show any historical event, such as a battle scene that involves many different “active” characters.

With regard to easel painting, here all is much easier: the artist painting her, not thinking about whether his masterpiece blend with the architecture or any design. His creation – is a standalone entity, not tied to any things or objects. It merely reflects the intent of the artist, his idea. To easel painting are landscapes, portraits, still lifes.

Decorative and decorative-applied types of art speaking for themselves: they are designed to something to decorate, whether it be a box, a plate, a piece of cloth or any other object the main purpose of which – to be part of the decor. Fresco and mosaic can also be attributed to decorative appearance.

The Technician drawing pictures great many. This pencil, watercolor, and charcoal, and pastels, and even a ballpoint pen. But the most popular are paintings, painted with oil paints. They are beautiful, durable and give a special status to its owners. The technique of oil painting is quite difficult and requires certain skills and training. In order to paint a picture with oil paints, it is necessary, first, to prepare everything necessary, namely: progruntovali surface (canvas, cardboard, wood, hardboard, etc., but not paper), paint, hard brushes of different sizes, oil (often linseed) or a special solvent, a palette, a palette knife. Next – a trick. You can get to work, starting with the underpainting, that is, generalized pre-shading of those shapes that you are going to portray. Having defined the story and sketched it, you can start drawing.

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Of Course, every artist has their own writing technique: write some glazing (thin layers), others – the rough brushstrokes, and the painting of modern sometimes generally excludes the participation of the hands in creating the paintings: they successfully replaces the knife (artistic tool similar to a trowel, only more narrow). However, a similar technique is only good for abstractions. But whichever method you choose, it is important to remember that our world is very rich in all sorts of colors and shades, so they need to look for constantly mixing the paint.

Having Learned for themselves the types of painting, try your hand first in easel compositions, depicting a simple still life or decorative technique, having a bowl or jug. So you can understand whether your soul to the painting in General and painting in particular. Perhaps, if you like to draw, it will become your favorite hobby. Besides, it is proven that painting perfectly calm the nervous system even in the case when the person did not know how to draw. And if you are one of them, forget about all of the above types of painting and create your own masterpiece, consisting of chaotic multi-colored brush strokes. Release your emotions on canvas. Passionate about the process, you will not notice as you evaporate all the negativity that you “have gained” day.