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Nandan Mahlle Age 13  Craft of sticks Pencil shading by Kartiki Patrikar Age 12

glass painting

Glass painting

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ACRYLIC PAINTING

ACRYLIC PAINTING the search for permanency and durability. Generally, the solid  pigment or coloring  agent is the same in all paints. The variable,and that which gives each paint  its distinct characteristics, is the liquid binder or vehicle. Materials such as  water, oil, or egg yolkholds the color so that it can be spread along a surface. The binder in acrylic paint is a plastic; a synthetic. Therefore, acrylics dry quickly  and are water soluble. This allows clean-up free from the disadvantageous smell  of other media.                          Painting is to represent by application and manipulation of a material. To paint, one must have knowledge of the medium and  develop the  skills to use it. The learned sequences of method and procedure begin with  brush and paint care, arrangement of colors on a palette, mixing specific  hu...

Oil Painting

Oil painting Oil paint is named for the binder in which the  pigment is suspended. This liquid  is made from the ground seed of the flax plant called linseed oil. Its use  began in the 15th century and was most assuredly heralded as a major event.  Oil paint is extremely flexible and when thoroughly dry is rock hard (durable);  two characteristics of paint desperately sought after, by generations of artists.  Further inventions such as canvas and tube color have little changed the basic  innovations of oil painting. It became, and remains for many, the perfect medium. Today artists rarely make their own paints by  grinding raw pigments with small amounts of oil.  Paints with a high degree of coloring ability  (saturation) have less  oil and fillers and more pigment. Cheaper paints possess less brilliant coloring matter.          T...