Painter's Medium & Materials

Painter's Medium & Materials

1. Support

   • The material on which the painting is done
   • Canvas
     • Transportable
   • Wall
   • Metal
   • Paper
   • Wood
     • Restricted size

2. Ground

   • Surface especially prepared for painting
   • Gesso
     • Filler & Binder
     • Chalk & Glue
   • Influences end product
     • Impressionists used white
       • Light

3. Medium

   • The means by which the artist has made his mark.

4. Paint

   • Pigments+Binding Medium+Dilutent
   • Fresco
   • Tempera
   • Acrylic
   • Watercolour
   • Gouache
   • Oil