LESSON:

PRODUCTION OF VISUAL,
MEDIA, AND APPLIED ARTS
Creative Industries I: Applied Arts and Design Appreciation and Production
 THE ARTS: MEDIUMS AND TECHNIQUES

On Mediums

Mediums come from the Latin word medium which means “by which an artist
communicates his/her idea.” It is the stuff out of which he/she creates a work of art. It is
the material which the artist uses to translate into a beautiful reality. Example/s: steel,
marble, bronze and wood for sculpture.
The Arts: Mediums and Elements
Mediums refer to the materials the artist uses in creating his/her art piece or in
visualizing his/her subject factors that affect the choice of medium:

a. Availability
b. Durability
c. Basic/inherent quality
d. Price
A Sunday in Eindhoven by Van Gogh
By Leonardo Da Vinci
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo
Sleepy Baby by Mary Cassatt
Boating Couple by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy
Painting by David Hockney
colored pencils' cores are wax- or oil-
based and contain varying proportions of
pigments, additives, and binding agents.
 DRAWING
PENCIL
Children from early age can scribble as soon as you give a pencil to them. Pencil is
the easiest to use and available medium and a tool to express the inner desire of
writing on paper.

Types of Pencils
1. Graphite Pencil – the most common type of pencil that is encased in wood. These are
made of mixture of clay and graphite and the darkness varies from grey to black.
2. Colored Pencil – it has wax like cores with pigment and other fillers. Multiple colors
can be blended together.
3. Charcoal Pencil – These are made of charcoal and tend to
smudge easily than graphite pencil. It is the easiest tool to create
tones in Drawing

4. Water Color Pencil - These are designed for use with water color
techniques. Its strokes can be saturated with water and can spread
with brushes. Children who cannot manage the use of brush at
painting but wish to give water color effect can use such pencils.
After coloring, water can be applied which gives a smoothly effect
that are the same with water colors.
PEN AND INK
The use of pen and ink in an art is similar to that of a
pencil drawing. There are many types of pens that are available
in the market like felt tip markers, fountain pens and etc. We
can also create pens from the nature. E.g. sticks, bamboos,
reeds, crow quill, nib-pens etc. Each pen can form its own type
of line on paper which needs to be explored or experimented. A
lot of people should be encouraged to do drawings or write in a
calligraphy style using the ink and pen.
Fine line Pens-
Felt Pens-
Marker Pens-