- Graphic arts are mainly two

dimensional (2D), Like sketching,

Panting, photography, and calligraphy.
Plastic arts include sculpture or
ceramics which have three
dimensions (3D)
- The term 'graphic art' (a derivation from the
German Graphik, originating from graphikos,
the Greek for drawing) commonly denotes
those forms of visual expression that depend
for their effect on line and tone (disegno), not
colour (colorito). The main classical type of
graphic art is drawing, which includes cartoons,
caricature, comic strips and animation, as well as
line drawings and sketching with pencil or
charcoal, and pen and ink. Graphic art also
denotes those art forms involved in
printmaking, such as etching and engraving,
including drypoint.
Calligraphic Art
The supreme type of graphic art is surely
calligraphy, the art of stylized writing, originating
in the Far East.
Illustration
Another form of graphic art is simple illustration, involving
black and white drawings or sketches which explain a piece of
text, although a better example of textual graphic work is
monochromatic illumination - the art of embellishing text
through the use of complex typographical and alphabetical
symbols.
Computer Graphics
In the era of postmodernist art, the term 'graphics'
has come to denote computer-generated imagery, as
used for example on television in the form of
expository diagrams, in commercial printing and on
the Internet.
Plastic Art: Definition & Meaning The term "plastic art" - derived
from the word "plasticize", meaning "to mould" - describes any
art form which involves modelling or moulding in three
dimensions. The most common example of the plastic arts is
sculpture. This is because sculptors chip, carve, shape or modulate
a range of traditional materials, such as marble, granite, sandstone,
bone, ivory, wood, and terracotta, as well as contemporary
materials such as concrete, aluminium, and foam rubber. Another
type of plastic art, in this case using clay, is ceramic pottery,
including earthenware, maiolica, raku and stoneware, as well as
Chinese porcelain and celadon ware. Yet more types of plastic art
include: collage, paper art, and Origami paper folding;
metalworking, glass blowing and other forms of glass art,
including mosaics; wood-working, as well as contemporary
disciplines such as ice sculpture and also sand art.
SCULPTURE
The most enduring and, arguably, the greatest form
of fine art known to man, sculpture has played a
major role in the evolution of Western culture
CERAMIC POTTERY
Known as an important plastic art, "Ceramics" refers to
items made from clay bodies and fired in a kiln to obtain
the finished form. the term ceramics now encompasses a
wider group of materials, including glass and cements, so
clay is no longer a key component.
Ice sculpture
a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material.
Sculptures from ice can be abstract or realistic and
can be functional or purely decorative. Ice sculptures
are generally associated with special or extravagant
events because of their limited lifetime.
Sand art
the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form,
such as a sand brushing, sand sculpture, sandpainting,
or sand bottles.