Artist Is An Art Practitioner Such As Painter, Sculptor
Artist Is An Art Practitioner Such As Painter, Sculptor
Artist Is An Art Practitioner Such As Painter, Sculptor
WHAT MAKES AN ARTIST DIFFERENT FROM AN are those mediums that can be seen and which
ARTISAN? occupy space.
Artist is an art practitioner such as painter, sculptor, THE VISUAL ART
choreographer, dancer, musician, etc. who produces or
PAINTING
creates indirectly functional arts with aesthetic value
using imagination. • Art of creating meaningful effects on flat surface
by the use of pigments.
Artisan is a craftsman, such as carpenter, carver,
plumber, blacksmith, weaver, embroider, etc. who Painter uses:
produces directly functional and/or decorative arts.
Pigments on wood or canvas
PEOPLE IN THE ART WORLD
1. Curator – typically affiliated with museums and
galleries and has the ability to research and MATERIALS USED IN PAINTING
write, as an arbiter of design and layout and WATERCOLOR
decides for the display and hanging of materials
for exhibition it is difficult to handle because it is difficult
to produce warm and rich tones but it invites
2. Buyers and collectors - are often considered as brilliance and a variety of hues.
one and the same. Nevertheless, buyers are those
who assess and survey the artwork and oversee GOUACHE
the sale on behalf of the collector. This happens
An opaque watercolor painting the major effects
if the latter wants to keep his identity hidden or
of which are caused by the paper itself.
maybe if he’s too busy.
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3. Art dealers – are those in charge in the
distribution and circulation of those artworks pigments are mixed with water and applied on
through varied means such as direct sales, a wet plaster.
through galleries or by auction.
TEMPERA
MEDIUM and TECHNIQUES
pigments mixed with egg yolk or egg white.
Medium is the mode of expression in which the
concept, idea or message is conveyed. PASTEL
These are the materials which are used by an a stick of dried paste made of pigment round
artist to interpret his feelings or thoughts. with chalk and compounded with gum water.
the desired effect. oil painting is the one of the most expensive art
activities of today because of the materials.
It has something to do with the way he
manipulates his mediums to express his idea. pigments are mixed with linseed oil and applied
to canvas.
ACRYLIC MATERIALS USED IN SCULPTURE
the medium used today by the modern painters STONE
and the only thinner used is water.
hard and brittle substance formed from mineral
and earth material.
DRAWING IVORY
MATERIALS USED IN DRAWING comes from the tusk of elephants, the hard
white substance used to make carving and
PENCIL
billiard balls.
Most common medium in drawing.
METAL
Pencil leads are graded in different degrees of
can be cast, cut, drilled, filled, bent, forged and
hardness or softness.
stamped.
PEN AND INK
PLASTER
one of the oldest mediums still in use.
compose of lime, sand, and water.
offers great variety of qualities, depending on
used extensively in making mannequins,
the tools and techniques used in application.
models, molds, architectural decoration and
India ink – comes in liquid form; favorite other indoor sculptures.
medium of comic strip illustrators and
CLAY
cartoonists.
possesses little strength intention or
BISTRE
compression and requires an armature for
brown pigment extracted from the soot of support.
wood.
GLASS
CRAYONS
medium that is hard, brittle, more or less
pigments bound by wax and compressed into transparent substances produced by fusion.
painted sticks.
WOOD
CHARCOAL
easier to carve than any mediums available.
carbonaceous materials obtained by heating They are lighter and softer to carve despite of
wood or organic substances in the absence of having greater tensile strength.
oxygen.
TERRA COTTA
SILVERPOINT
a brownish red clay that has been baked and
silver stylus that produce a thin grayish line. used for making pots and small statues.
BASIC SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES
The Order of National Artists is the highest 2. an initial grant of 100,000php and a 10,000php
National Recognition given to Filipino monthly stipend for life (later increase to
individuals who have made significant 14,000php)
contributions to the development of 3. maximum cumulative amount of 750,000php
Philippine arts. medical and hospitalization benefits
(Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, 4. funeral assistance and tribute fit for a national
Film, Architecture) living treasure
Jointly administered by the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
and conferred by the President of the Philippines
upon recommendation by both institutions.
The first recipient was Fernando Amorsolo in
1972 (National Artist for Visual Arts).