Name: Painting
The art and skill of creating paintings on canvas or other surfaces. Anything not using paints comes under drawing. Utilizing mixed methods requires both skills. Painting is usually on canvas, but not always - painting art onto a wall, or applying paint artistically to any surface falls under the remit of this skill. The artwork created might be words or images, although calligraphy and letterwork is also covered by the Writing skill.
Painting Types:
Preparation / Binding: Although not a painting technique per se, the preparation of the area to be painted, with a primer or binding of some kind, is vital to the longevity of artwork.
Brush Painting: using a brush to apply paint to a surface. This is by far the most common type of painting. Artists using this type of painting will utilise a variety of brush sizes, and techniques for application. Brushes may also have a resin-like substance attached to the bristles to harden them, so that the brush head takes and holds a specific shape. This can be useful for repeated patterns.
Palette Painting: applying paints to surface with a small, flat, rounded knife-like tool called a palette. This can provide extra depth and texture to a piece of art and is
Sponge Painting: A name given to applying paint to a surface with a sponge or other item. Artists have been known to use a variety of items to apply paint, interested in the effect which can be obtained by doing so.
Finger Painting: Although usually the remit of the child, some artists have used this as a means to create abstracts and other pieces. It has gained some popularity in recent arcs.
Action Painting: The application of paint to a surface by the use of movement. This may be "splatter" painting, or it could involve dripping paint or throwing it. There are many techniques used in this, usually in the production of abstract art, although blowing paint through a straw has been used by more traditional painters, also.
Painting Tools:
Paints ~ Paints tend to vary widely in quality and are common throughout Idalos. They can be made by combining thick liquid ingredients such as honey, wax, or even egg, with pigments which produce colour. Pigments may be made from flowers, fruits, sand or ash. Really, the limits are the imagination. The paints made vary in viscosity from very water-like to quite thick. Again, a lot depends on the artist. Although paints are for sale in most markets, serious artists often prefer to make their own.
Brushes - Made with a wooden handle and with a hair-based head, artists brushes are made by woodcrafters throughout Idalos. It is generally considered that horse-hair is the most effective brush but again, each artist is likely to have their own preference. Also, with the many weird and wonderful fauna around Idalos, what hair or fur makes up the brush-head is a matter of taste.
Canvas - The most usual surface for paint to be applied to, especially when creating portraits or such-like. Serious artists often make their own canvas usually from hemp or cotton.
Parchment ~ drawing on to a parchment is the most usual means of drawing. This might be a single parchment held on an easel or a sketch pad. Parchment itself varies in quality, ranging from rough and difficult to work on to smooth and easy to draw upon.
Mixing Palette - a place to mix paints in order to get just the right shade - usually a flat, almost-circular or oval shaped piece of wood, held in one hand. A must-have for anyone who paints often, a mixing palette is essential as it allows for tiny amounts of paint to be mixed.
Related Skills:
Design - All types of design are strengthened by the ability to draw and paint - when planning a piece of artwork, the ability to design helps in terms of being able to plan the image to go on the canvas.
Detection - Observation is an absolutely necessary skill for any artist trying to portray life like images. It is crucial to understand and notice the change in tones, or the slopes and curves of subject matter.
Drawing- Drawing is excellent, as it focuses on line and form and brings a new element to a piece of art. The two skills seem to go hand and hand, however those that draw well do not always paint well and vice versa.
Sculpting - Sculpting is useful as it helps the artist understand the different planes of a subject and how it sits in a space. Artists should strive to look past the 2-D form of an image and comprehend them in 3-D.
Writing - This can be useful for calligraphy and other techniques of artistic writing involved in the creation of works of art, depending on the artist.
Skill Proficiency:
Novice: 0-25
The artwork created by the novice painter tends to being rather basic. As they progress through this level, they find themselves learning basic techniques of size, proportion, perspective and also such things as how to mix existing paints. Making their own paints or canvas is beyond the remit of this skill at this point. The art produced at this level will demonstrate the lack of skill and will be, at best, pedestrian.
Competent: 26-75 (26 - 50 FT)
Upon reaching competency with this skill, the painter is now able to produce reasonable copies of what they see. Be that a portrait of a person sitting in front of them, or the landscape scene they are observing, they will produce work which is pleasant to the eye. However, the work they produce lacks the imagination or emotion of other, more skilled, artists, and they are unsuccessful in attempts at innovation at least 50% of the time. They can make basic paint at this level, with limited colours and of poor quality. Work produced here will be pleasant, but not inspiring.
Expert: 76 - 150 (51 - 75 FT)
The expert painter begins to innovate and interpret. No longer are they limited to what they can see, now they are able to produce interpretations and to enhance the representation of their subject, whatever that is. They are able to experiment and innovate successfully and their work has a unique style which is recognisable. They are able to paint using any and all techniques available to them and they can make both paints and canvas with ease.
Master: 151 - 250 (76-100 FT)
The difference between a master painter and an expert one is that the master of painting is able to capture more than an image. They take their individual style to the extreme, producing artwork which resonates on an emotional level. They can innovate and create paintings which demonstrate enormous skill without ever over-complicating and they are able to create their own paint and canvas using unusual and obscure materials. With this level of painting comes the ability to create a masterpiece and evoke deep emotions in all those who look upon this.
Credit:Faith
Painting Types:
Preparation / Binding: Although not a painting technique per se, the preparation of the area to be painted, with a primer or binding of some kind, is vital to the longevity of artwork.
Brush Painting: using a brush to apply paint to a surface. This is by far the most common type of painting. Artists using this type of painting will utilise a variety of brush sizes, and techniques for application. Brushes may also have a resin-like substance attached to the bristles to harden them, so that the brush head takes and holds a specific shape. This can be useful for repeated patterns.
Palette Painting: applying paints to surface with a small, flat, rounded knife-like tool called a palette. This can provide extra depth and texture to a piece of art and is
Sponge Painting: A name given to applying paint to a surface with a sponge or other item. Artists have been known to use a variety of items to apply paint, interested in the effect which can be obtained by doing so.
Finger Painting: Although usually the remit of the child, some artists have used this as a means to create abstracts and other pieces. It has gained some popularity in recent arcs.
Action Painting: The application of paint to a surface by the use of movement. This may be "splatter" painting, or it could involve dripping paint or throwing it. There are many techniques used in this, usually in the production of abstract art, although blowing paint through a straw has been used by more traditional painters, also.
Painting Tools:
Paints ~ Paints tend to vary widely in quality and are common throughout Idalos. They can be made by combining thick liquid ingredients such as honey, wax, or even egg, with pigments which produce colour. Pigments may be made from flowers, fruits, sand or ash. Really, the limits are the imagination. The paints made vary in viscosity from very water-like to quite thick. Again, a lot depends on the artist. Although paints are for sale in most markets, serious artists often prefer to make their own.
Brushes - Made with a wooden handle and with a hair-based head, artists brushes are made by woodcrafters throughout Idalos. It is generally considered that horse-hair is the most effective brush but again, each artist is likely to have their own preference. Also, with the many weird and wonderful fauna around Idalos, what hair or fur makes up the brush-head is a matter of taste.
Canvas - The most usual surface for paint to be applied to, especially when creating portraits or such-like. Serious artists often make their own canvas usually from hemp or cotton.
Parchment ~ drawing on to a parchment is the most usual means of drawing. This might be a single parchment held on an easel or a sketch pad. Parchment itself varies in quality, ranging from rough and difficult to work on to smooth and easy to draw upon.
Mixing Palette - a place to mix paints in order to get just the right shade - usually a flat, almost-circular or oval shaped piece of wood, held in one hand. A must-have for anyone who paints often, a mixing palette is essential as it allows for tiny amounts of paint to be mixed.
Related Skills:
Design - All types of design are strengthened by the ability to draw and paint - when planning a piece of artwork, the ability to design helps in terms of being able to plan the image to go on the canvas.
Detection - Observation is an absolutely necessary skill for any artist trying to portray life like images. It is crucial to understand and notice the change in tones, or the slopes and curves of subject matter.
Drawing- Drawing is excellent, as it focuses on line and form and brings a new element to a piece of art. The two skills seem to go hand and hand, however those that draw well do not always paint well and vice versa.
Sculpting - Sculpting is useful as it helps the artist understand the different planes of a subject and how it sits in a space. Artists should strive to look past the 2-D form of an image and comprehend them in 3-D.
Writing - This can be useful for calligraphy and other techniques of artistic writing involved in the creation of works of art, depending on the artist.
Skill Proficiency:
Novice: 0-25
The artwork created by the novice painter tends to being rather basic. As they progress through this level, they find themselves learning basic techniques of size, proportion, perspective and also such things as how to mix existing paints. Making their own paints or canvas is beyond the remit of this skill at this point. The art produced at this level will demonstrate the lack of skill and will be, at best, pedestrian.
Competent: 26-75 (26 - 50 FT)
Upon reaching competency with this skill, the painter is now able to produce reasonable copies of what they see. Be that a portrait of a person sitting in front of them, or the landscape scene they are observing, they will produce work which is pleasant to the eye. However, the work they produce lacks the imagination or emotion of other, more skilled, artists, and they are unsuccessful in attempts at innovation at least 50% of the time. They can make basic paint at this level, with limited colours and of poor quality. Work produced here will be pleasant, but not inspiring.
Expert: 76 - 150 (51 - 75 FT)
The expert painter begins to innovate and interpret. No longer are they limited to what they can see, now they are able to produce interpretations and to enhance the representation of their subject, whatever that is. They are able to experiment and innovate successfully and their work has a unique style which is recognisable. They are able to paint using any and all techniques available to them and they can make both paints and canvas with ease.
Master: 151 - 250 (76-100 FT)
The difference between a master painter and an expert one is that the master of painting is able to capture more than an image. They take their individual style to the extreme, producing artwork which resonates on an emotional level. They can innovate and create paintings which demonstrate enormous skill without ever over-complicating and they are able to create their own paint and canvas using unusual and obscure materials. With this level of painting comes the ability to create a masterpiece and evoke deep emotions in all those who look upon this.
Credit:Faith
