List of basic painting topics

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A painting is a work of art comprised of paint on a surface in the form of a picture or design. The art of painting is the act of creating paintings. Basic topics in the art of painting include:

Contents 1 Nature of painting 2 Branches of painting 3 History of painting 4 Basic painting concepts 5 Famous painters 6 Famous paintings 7 Painting lists 8 See also

[edit] Nature of painting

Main article: Painting

[edit] Branches of painting

[edit] History of painting

Main article: History of painting

[edit] Basic painting concepts

Academy – Acrylic paint – Airbrush – Altarpiece – Appreciation – Aquarelle – Atmospheric perspective –

Bloom – Body – Brush –

Canvas – Chiaroscuro – Color – Color theory – (hue, tint, tone, value) Crayon –

Drawing – Drying oil –

Easel – Egg tempera – Encaustic –

Fresco – Frottage –

Gesso – Glair – Glaze – Gouache – Ground –

Hard-edge painting – Hierarchy of genres – History painting –

Impasto – Imprimatura – Ink –

Key –

Landscape – Line –

Maulstick – Mastic – Mineral spirits – Model –

Oil painting –

Paint – Painter – Painterly – Panel painting – Pastel – Palette – Palette knife – Pencil crayon – Perspective – Pigment – Portrait – Preservation –

Salon – Sfumato – Shading – Sketch – Solvent – Spatial organization – Still life –

Tempera – Texture – Turpentine –

Underpainting –

Valuing – Varnish – Veduta –

Wash – Watercolor –

[edit] Famous painters

[edit] Famous paintings

[edit] Painting lists

Main article: List of painting topics

[edit] See also

Art techniques and materials

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