MEDIA (ARTS)

In the arts, 'media' (plural of medium) are the materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work.

Contents

Drawing

Common drawing media

Painting

Common paint media

Common ground media

Application tools and methods

Muralism techniques

Sculpture

Materials

Tools

Printmaking

See also

External links

Drawing

In drawing, "media" refers to the type of held dry tool used and the base onto which it is transferred. The "held dry tool" normally means to a pencil, or stick medium, referred to as a "crayon". Small particles of broken-off stick medium are transferred to a base or plane of production on which the artwork is produced. A typical base is paper, but canvas and other surfaces can also be used.

Common drawing media

★ Chalk pastel

★ Charcoal

★ Colored pencil

★ Conté crayon

★ Graphite and graphite pencils

★ Marker

★ Oil pastel

★ Pen and ink

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 its consistency.

Common paint media

★ Acrylic paint

★ Enamel paint

★ Gesso

★ Glaze

★ Gouache

★ Ink

★ Latex paint

★ Magna paint

★ Oil paint

★ Primer

★ Sumi

★ Tempera

★ Vinyl paint

★ Watercolor

Common ground media

★ Architectural structures

★ Canvas

★ Cloth

★ Glass

★ Metal

★ Paper

★ Wood

Application tools and methods

★ Action painting

★ Aerosol paint

★ Airbrush

★ Batik

★ Brush

★ Finger painting

★ Muralism

★ Palette knife

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:

★ Cartoon

★ Overhead and slide projection

★ Pounce (technique)

Sculpture

Materials

★ Beads

★ Clay

★ Edible material

★ Found objects

★ Glue and other adhesives

★ Ice

★ Jewels

★ Marble

★ Metals

★ Paperboard

★ Papier-mâché

★ Plaster

★ Plastics

★ Sand

★ Stone

★ Textile

★ Wax

★ Wire

★ Wood

Tools

★ Bristled brush

★ Ceramic wheel and kiln

★ Chisel

★ Clamps

★ cutting torch

★ Hammer or mallet

★ Knife

★ Pliers

★ Power tools

★ Sandpaper

★ Saw

★ Scraper

★ Snips

★ Wirecutters

Printmaking

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

★ Engraving

★ Etching

★ Inkjet printing (sometimes called Giclée printing)

★ Laser printing

★ Linocut

★ Lithography

★ Moku hanga

★ Offset printing

★ Plate printing

★ Photographic printing

★ Screen-printing

★ Woodcut

See also

★ Plastic arts

★ Art materials

★ Recording medium

★ Digital media

★ Mixed media

External links

★ Media (artists' materials) definition from the Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus