Introduction to

PAINTING
PAINTING IS A STYLE OF
CREATING AN EXPRESSION
BY APPLYING COLORS TO A
FLAT SURFACE OR ANY
MEDIUMS LIKE CANVAS,
CLAY, GLASS, PAPER,
WALLS, LEAF, PAPER, OR
WOODS. ABSTRACTION OR
COMPOSITION, DRAWING,
AND OTHER AESTHETICS
MAY SERVE TO MANIFEST
THE EXPRESSIVE AND
CONCEPTUAL INTENTION
OF THE ARTISTS
THE SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE
PAINTING ARE THE:

LINE
COLOR
TEXTURE
PERSPECTIVE
SHAPE
SYMBOLS
 LINE
It is the simplest element in the painting. It has a
continuous marking made by a moving point
to outlines shape and can contour areas within those
outlines. It can suggest movement (vertical,
horizontal,
diagonal, and curved). Each line has its meaning:
vertical line stress action, strength, dynamism;
horizontal lines means serenity, calmness, stability;
diagonal line express tension, movement; curved lines
appear softness, flexibility, gentleness.
COLOR
The Artists used colors to convey feelings and moods
within their painting. It is the result of wavelengths of
lights reflecting of objects. It is composed of three
distinct qualities such as the hue, saturation, and value.
Hue is merely the name of the color. Red, yellow, and
the blue are the primary color. Their mixture that
produces the secondary colors are green, orange, and
purple.
TEXTURE
It is a component of two-sided
and three-sided designs and
distinguished by its perceived
visual and physical properties. It is
used to describe the way a three-
dimensional work feels when
touched.
PERSPECTIVE
It is an art technique for creating an
illusion of three-dimension with depth
and space. Its real goal is creating a
viewpoint for the audiences that will
best communicate the subject and
serve its particular message.
 SHAPE
It is an element in painting that helps
express ideas. It helps to interact, and
independently evoke agitation,
purposeful energy, direction, etc. They
maybe circles, rectangles, ovals, or
square. It is an area with defined
boundary created by a variety of
color, value or texture of the areas
adjacent to it.
 SYMBOL
The Artists often include
symbolic objects in their
paintings that have a special
meaning or a special message. It
is used to express ideas such as
death, hope, life, etc.
 THE COLOR WHEEL AND ITS
CATEGORIES
Colors play a fundamental role in
our lives and how we respond to
our environment. It is the visual
perceptual property corresponding
in humans to the categories called
blue, green, red, and others. It has
two main types, warm and cool
colors.
a color wheel (also known as
a color circle) is a visual
representation of color
arranged
based to their chromatic
relationship. It is a circle
shape that is divided evenly
into 12 segments which
display different color
according to its pigment
value. It also shows the
relationship between the
primary colors, secondary
colors, and complementary
colors.Other colors can also
be categorized based on the
following:
COMPLEMENTARY
COLORS.
These colors sit contrary to each other
on the color wheel. Because they are
opposites, they tend to look lively when
used together. When you put
complementary colors together, each
color seems more noticeable.
COMPLEMENTARY
COLORS.
ANALOGOUS
COLORS.
These colors sit next to each other
on the color wheel. They tend to look
pleasant together because they are
closely related. Orange, yellow-
orange, and yellow are an example of
analogous colors.
ANALOGOUS
COLORS.
 NEUTRAL COLOR
They are sometimes called
“earth tones.” These colors don’t
usually show up on the color
wheel. Neutral colors include
black, white, gray, and
occasionally brown and beige.
NEUTRAL COLOR
 WARM COLOR
These colors are made with
orange, red, yellow or some
combination of these. Colors
of the sunset give a feeling of
brightness and heat.
 COOL COLOR
These colors are made with
blue, green, purple or some
combination of these. These
colors make you think of cool
and peaceful things, like
winter skies and still ponds.
SYMBOLISM AND
MEANING
OF
PRIMARY COLORS
RED COLOR
This is noted as the warmest of all types of
colors. It is most chosen by extroverts and
one of the top choices among males. It is a color
which is associated with fiery heat and warmth
and has strong symbolism about life and vitality.
It is also essential to human life because:

a. It increases enthusiasm and interest.

b. It gives more energy.
c. It reinforces action and confidence.
d. It protects us from fears and anxieties.
 BLUE COLOR
This is known as the calmest color like that of the
sky and ocean. It is the color of inspiration,
sincerity, and spirituality and often the chosen
color by conservative people. This color is
important to human life because:

a. It is a sign of calmness and relaxation.

b. It opens the flow of communication.
c. It broadens our perspective in learning new
information.
d. It implies solitude and peace.
 YELLOW COLOR
This is considered as the easiest color to
recognize. It is symbol creativity and intellectual
vitality. It also symbolizes wisdom, happiness
and brings awareness and clarity. The yellow
color is vital to human life because:

a. It helps us in making decisions.

b. It relieves us from burnout, panic,
nervousness, exhaustion.
c. It sharpens our memory and concentration
skills.
d. It protects us from depression.
MEDIUM IN PAINTING
There are different mediums in
paintings used today. It helps to
describe the elements that bind the
colors in the paint (Martin, 2004). The
following are examples of the methods
used in painting:
1. Oil- It is the type of slow-drying paint that consists
of particles of pigment suspended in drying
oils such as linseed oil, poppy seed oil, safflower oil
and walnut oil.
2. Pastel- It is an art medium in the shape of a stick
or crayons. It consists of pure powdered color
and a binder. Dry pastel can be classified as soft
pastels, pan pastels, hard pastels, and pastel
pencils.
3. Acrylic- It is fast drying paint containing pigment
suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion which
becomes water-resistant when dry.
4. Watercolor- It is the medium which the
paints are made of colors suspended in a
water-soluble vehicle. It is usually
transparent and appears luminous
because the pigments are laid down in a
relatively pure form with few types of
filler obscuring the pigment colors.

5. Ink- It is a liquid that contains colors

and dyes and is applied to a surface to
produce an image, text,
or design. It is for drawing with a brush, or
pen.
 7. Fresco- It refers to any of several related mural painting types,
executed on walls, ceilings or any other kind of flat surface. The term
fresco comes from the Italian word “affresco” which means “fresh.”

8. Gouache- It is a water-based paint consisting of pigment and other

materials designed to be used in an opaque painting technique.

9. Enamel- It is a paint that air dries to a durable, usually glossy and

solid finish. It is used for outdoor coating surfaces or otherwise
subject to variations in temperature.

10. Spray paint- It is the type of paint that comes in a sealed

pressurized battle and released in a fine spray.

11. Tempera- It is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium

consisting of colored pigment mixedwith a water-soluble binder
method.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF
PAINTING STYLES
Part of the desire in painting particularly in the
21st century is the variety of available art styles.
The style in painting is in two senses: it can refer
to the distinctive visual elements, techniques, and
methods that characterized one’s artwork, and
can refer to the movement or school that
associated to the artists. Such classifications
include the following styles:
 A. WESTERN STYLES
Abstraction:
It is an art in painting which does not attempt to
represent an accurate depiction of a
visual reality but instead use colors, shapes,
forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. It
may be formed by reducing the observable
phenomenon, typically to retain only information
which is relevant for a particular purpose.
Abstraction
Expressionism. It is sometimes called emotional
realism. In this style, the artists sought to
express meaning or emotional experience rather
than physical truth.

Baroque. It is characterized by dynamism (a

sense of motion), which is augmented by
extravagant effects (e.g., sharp curves, rich
decoration). Among the most significant
Baroque painters areCaravaggio, Rembrandt,
Rubens, Velazquez, Poussin, and Vermeer.
Expressionism Baroque
 Impressionism. It is a type of art presenting
the real-life subject with emphasis on the
impression left in the artist’s perception,
particularly the effect of light on the object
used as a subject.

Modernism. It is characterized by a cautious

rejection of the styles of the past and
emphasizing innovation and experimentation
of materials and techniques instead to create
better artworks.
Impressionism Modernism
 A. MODERN STYLES
Realism :
It is a style of painting practiced before the
invention of the camera, where artists
depicted landscapes and humans with as
much attention to detail and precision as
possible. The artist’s primary goal is to
describe accurately and truthfully as possible
what is observed.
Realism
 Symbolism.
It is an art that represents the subject
symbolically. For instance, the
“Spolarium” painting of Juan Luna
depicts the suffering of the Filipino
people from the hands of the Spaniards.
Many works of art included by some
writers who cover the Symbolist era
were produced in the middle of the
century, or even before.
Symbolism.
 Fauvism.
It refers to art that used brilliant primary colors or color
illumination on subjects like pictures to emphasize comfort,
joy, and leisure. It comes from the French word fauves,
meaning “wild beasts” (this name refers to a small group of
painters in Paris who exhibited works notable for the bold
and expressive use of pure color).

Cubism.
It is a form of abstraction wherein the object is first
reduced to cubes and then flattened into two-dimensional
shapes. It has been considered the most influential and
powerful art movement during the 20th century in Paris
established by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
Fauvism. Cubism
 Surrealism.
It is a type of art wherein the artist creates
dreamlike paintings that filled with
mysterious objects. It is the opposite of
abstraction that attempts to portray the
conscious mind through unconventional
means.
Surrealism.
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