Art media and application

 Art Media

Art media is the material used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art.

There are two types in drawing media, they are:-

 DRY MEDIA gives the artist a wide range of mark making capabilities and effects,
from thin lines to large areas of color and tone.

• The art can manipulate a drawing to achieve desired effects in many ways,
including exerting different pressures on the medium against the drawing’s
surface, or by erasure or rubbing.

 WET MEDIA traditionally refers to ink but really includes any substance that can be
put into solution and applied to a drawing’s surface.

• Wet media is manipulated much like paint – through thinning and the use of
a brush – it blurs the line between drawing and painting. Ink can be applied
with a stick for linear effects and by brush to cover large areas with tone.

Dry media Wet media

Pencil Water color

Color Pencil Poster color

Oil pastel Acrylic color

Frottage Marker

 Dry Media
 Pencil
A narrow, generally cylindrical implement for writing, drawing, or marking, consisting of a
thin rod of graphite, colored wax, or similar substance encased in wooden cylindrical case.
Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving behind a trail of solid core material that
adheres to a sheet of paper or other surface. They are distinct from pens, which instead
disperse a trail of liquid or gel ink that stains the light color of the paper by absorption.
Most pencil cores are made of graphite mixed with a clay binder which leaves grey or black
marks that can be easily erased. 
 Color Pencil

A colored pencil is an art medium constructed of a narrow, pigmented core encased in a

wooden cylindrical case. Colored pencils vary greatly in terms of quality and usability;
concentration of pigments in the core, light fastness of the pigments, durability of the
colored pencil, and softness of the lead are some indicators of a brand’s quality and,
consequently, its market price. There is no general quality difference between wax/oil-
based and water-soluble colored pencils, although some manufacturers rate their water-
soluble pencils as less lightfast than their similar wax/oil-based pencils. 

 Oil Pastel
Oil pastels, pigment mixed with an organic oil binder that deliver a heavier mark and lend
themselves to more graphic and vibrant results. It is produced in a stick form similar to that
of a crayon or oil pastel. It is distinguished from oil pastel, to which it may appear similar, in
that the oil used, causing a skin to develop on exposed surfaces.
Oil sticks is made by compressing wax and oil until it forms. The same basic pigments and
drying oils that are used in the formulation of tube paint are combined with wax and rolled
into a crayon. Oil sticks can be used to produce drawings, and sketches. It is not a common
medium or a much used medium however is highly effective in art.

Frottage Art
In frottage, the artist takes a pastel or pencil or other drawing tool and makes a rubbing
over an uneven surface. The drawing can be left as it is or used as the basis for further
refinement. While superficially similar to brass rubbing and other forms of rubbing intended
to reproduce an existing subject, and in fact sometimes being used as an alternative term
for it, random in nature.

 Wet Media
 Water Color
It is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-
based solution. Watercolor refers to the medium and the resulting artwork, the traditional
and most common support material to which the paint is applied for watercolor paintings
is paper.
 Poster Color
Poster color is a water-soluble which is a distemper paint that usually uses a type of gum-
water or glue as its binder. It either comes in large bottles or jars or in a powdered form. 
 Acrylic Color
Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion.
Acrylic paints are water-soluble, but become water-resistant when dry.  Depending on how
much the paint is diluted with water, or modified with acrylic gels, mediums, or pastes, the
finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolor or an oil painting, or have its own unique
characteristics. 
 Marker
A marker pen, fine liner, sketch pen (in India) ,is a pen which has its own ink-source and a tip
made of porous, pressed fibers such as felt which gives a wet media effect. This filling serves
as a carrier for the ink. The upper part of the marker contains the nib that was made in
earlier time of a hard felt material, and a cap to prevent the marker from drying out.
Markers may be waterproof, dry-erase, or permanent.