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| the surface on which a work of two-dimensional art is made; ex: canvas, paper or wood |
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| a preliminary coating applied to a painting support to improve adhesion of paints or to create special effects. Usually gesso. |
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| a coloring material made from various organic or chemical substances. When mixed with a binder, it creates a drawing or painting medium. |
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| a liquid compounded with pigment to make paint |
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| a painting executed entirely in gray-scale values, often as a foundation for colored glazes. |
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| in printmaking, the total number of prints made from a given plate or block. According to contemporary practice, the size of an edition is written on each print and the prints are usually numbered within it. The artist's signature indicates approval of the print and acts as a guarantee of the edition. |
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| a full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or mural. |
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| in graphic art, the disposition of text and images on a page, or the overall design of typographic elements on page, spread or book. |
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| in graphic design, the arrangement and appearance of printed letter forms (type). |
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| type of font that is most typical, has "feet." |
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| type of font without "feet." |
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| in design, a logo that consists of text - generally the name of the company, an institution or a product - given a distinctive graphic treatment. |
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| an image or sign that represents something else, because of convention, association or resemblance. |
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| the first practical photographic process, invented by Jacques Louis Mandé Daguerre and made public in 1839, it produced a single permanent image directly onto a prepared copper plate. |
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| printmaking techniques in which the lines or areas that will take the ink are incised into the printing plate, rather than raised above it. Comes from the Italian, "to incise." |
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| a relief printmaking technique in which the printing surface is a thick layer of linoleum, often mounted on a wooden block for support. Areas that will not print are cut away, leaving raised areas to take the ink. |
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| a relief printmaking process in which the image is cut ion the end grain of a wood plank, resulting in a white-line impression. |
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| in printmaking, the precise alignment of impressions made by two or more printing blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper, as when printing an image in several colors. |
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| an image created from a master wood block, stone or screen, usually on paper. Prints are referred to as multiples, because as a rule many identical or similar impressions are made from the same printing surface. |
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| a planographic printmaking method, resulting in a single impression. A typical technique is to paint the design in oil paint on a plate of glass or metal. While the paint is still wet, a piece of paper is laid over it, and pressure is applied to transfer the design from the plate to the paper. |
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| screenprinting (seriography)(silkscreen) |
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| a printmaking method in which the image is transferred to paper by forcing ink through a fine mesh in which the areas not meant to print have been blocked; a stencil technique. |
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| a planographic printmaking technique based on the fact that oil and water repel each other. The design to be printed is drawn in greasy crayon or ink on the printing surface (traditionally a block of fine-grained stone, but today more frequently a plate of zinc or aluminum. The printing surface is dampened, then inked. The oil-based ink adheres to the greasy areas and is repelled by the damp areas. |
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| Italian for "all in one go." In oil painting, the technique of completing a painting in a single session, as opposed to building it up slowly over a period of time. Usually uses impasto technique and has visible brush strokes. |
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| Paint in which the pigment is compounded with an aqueous, emulsified vehicle, such as egg yolk. |
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| a painting medium in which colors are applied to a plaster ground, usually a wall or ceiling. |
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| paint is applied to a fresco while the plaster is wet. |
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| paint is applied to a fresco after the plaster has dried. |
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| a synthetic plastic resin used as a binder for artists' paints. Paints themselves known as "acrylics." |
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| a painting medium in which the binder is Gum Arabic. |
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| painting medium in which the binder is wax, which is heated to render the paints fluid. |
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| the printed image left by a matrix. |
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| in printmaking, a surface (such as a block of wood) on which a design is prepared before being transferred through pressure to a receiving surface (such as a sheet of paper). |
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| in oil painting, a thin, translucent layer of color, generally applied over another color. |
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| drawing medium, burned wood sticks (usually willow or vine). |
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| ink or watercolor paint thinned so as to flow freely onto a support, usually mixed with water. |
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| the most common medium and used for drawings. |
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| no water in the medium (usually refers to oil paint). |
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| liquid media, usually applied using brush or pen. Can be mixed with water to create an ink wash. |
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| from the Italian for "paste," a thick application of paint. |
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| in printmaking, techniques in which portions of a block meant to printed are raised. |
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| a drawing or painting to accompany text, usually a book. |
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| the focus is more on the process than the actual finished work. |
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| watercolor mixed with inert white pigment to become more opaque in quality. |
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