List of artistic media

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In the arts, a medium is a material used by an artist or designer to create a work.

[edit] Architecture

Main articles: Outline of architecture and Index of architecture articles

In the art and science of architecture, the design and construction of buildings and interiors, infrastructure and other physical structures are created. It can involve multiple disciplines of brickwork, carpentry, engineering, stonemasonry and many other skills.

[edit] Carpentry

The art of carpentry and woodworking is by a skilled craftsperson or joiner, who designs and builds buildings, furniture and other objects.

[edit] Digital

Main articles: Digital media and Electronic media

Digital art is the use of computers and other digital technology to create and edit traditional works such as drawing, film, literature, painting, photography, printing and sculpture. A recognized artistic practice, digital art can be electronic, interactive and virtual.

Various programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Painters, and Maya are some of the programs that digital artists would use to modify photos or create new illustrations from scratch or model 3D objects and turn them into full body animations. The different tools that these programs provide allow the artists more control to modify, add, and delete things as they please to achieve the level of quality that you see on game covers and magazines and special effects that you see in animated or real life movies.

[edit] Drawing

Main article: Outline of drawing and drawings

In drawing, "media" refers to both the material that is manually applied and to the base onto which it is applied.[1] The media applied can be many things but the method of application is a stick type object with a point (not a brush) that transfers particles of media to the base. The point of the stick can be minute as it can be large. The medium applied can be graphite, fusain, pastel, ink among other things. Bases can be paper, plaster, canvas, wood or basically anything that accepts the medium applied from the point of the stick.

[edit] Common drawing media

[edit] Common bases for drawing

[edit] Film

Main articles: Outline of film and Cinematic techniques

In cinematography and film, a sequence of still images is captured with a video camera. A series of individual images are called frames. When these images are shown in rapid succession, a viewer gains the displayed illusion that motion is occurring.

[edit] Light

Further information: Lighting designer

The illumination of light as a practical use to reveal what may be shaded or dark is common. Light as an art form is a function of art works and entertainment, it is a projection source and a backlighting source, for colours, focal or focus points and can be an element to enhance or change atmosphere or mood in areas or on objects.

[edit] Literature

Main articles: Literature and Writing implement

The art of written words and typography is traditionally an ink and printed form on paper or is creatively written with many forms of media.

[edit] Common writing media

[edit] Common bases for writing

[edit] Natural world

Main articles: Gardening and Landscape architecture

In the natural world large scale creative works can involve horticulture for the cultivation of plants, earthworks for landscaping and irrigation or rainwater harvesting for water features, in gardens, parks and botanical gardens.

[edit] Painting

Main article: Outline of painting

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 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 to make paint and control consistency.

[edit] Common paint media

[edit] Common bases for painting

[edit] Application tools and methods

[edit] Muralism techniques

Muralists use many of the same media as panel painters, but due to the scale of their works, use different techniques. Some such techniques include:

[edit] Performing arts

The performing arts is a form of entertainment that is created by the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium. There are many skills and genres of performance, dance and theatre being examples. Performance art is a performance that may not present a conventional formal linear narrative.

[edit] Photography

Main article: Outline of photography

In photography a photosensitive surface is used to capture an optical still image, usually utilizing a lens to focus light. Some media include:

[edit] Printmaking

In the art of printmaking, "media" tends to refer to the technique used to create a print. Common media include:

[edit] Sculpture

Main article: Outline of sculpture

In sculpting a solid structure and textured surface is shaped or combined using substances and components to form a three dimensional object.

[edit] Materials

[edit] Carved materials

[edit] Cast materials

[edit] Modeled materials

[edit] Assembled materials

[edit] Finishing materials

[edit] Tools

[edit] Sound

Main articles: List of musical instruments and Music theory

The art of sound can be singular or a combination of speech or objects and crafted instruments, to create sounds, rhythms and music for the enjoyment of hearing.

[edit] Technology

Further information: Industrial design, Product design, and Engineering

The use of technology as an art is a merging of applied art and science, that may involve aesthetics, efficiency and ergonomics using various materials.

[edit] Textiles

In the art of textiles a soft and flexible material of fibers or yarn is formed by spinning wool, flax, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel and crocheting, knitting, knotting, weaving, or pressing fibres together (felt) to create a work.

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, Ralph Mayer

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