Water colour is a kind of colour pigment ground in gum, usually gum arabic, and applied with brush and water to a painting surface, usually paper; the term also refers to an artwork executed in this medium. The pigment is normally transparent but can be turned opaque by blending with a whiting and in this [...]
Artists’ oil colours are created by adding dry powder pigments with particular refined linseed oil to a stiff paste consistency and then grinding it under powerful friction in steel roller mills. The smoothness of the hue is important. The common feel is a smooth, buttery paste, and not stringy or long or tacky. When a [...]
Sculpture is an artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are molded into three-dimensional items. The designs may be embodied in freestanding objects, in reliefs on surfaces, or in environments that can vary from tableaux to contexts that envelop the spectator. A variety of media are often used, including clay, wax, stone, metal, fabric, [...]