ATMOSPHERE: Calm, content, peaceful, relaxed, tranquil, cheerful, happy, joyful, romantic, depressed, gloomy, miserable, sad, somber, tearful, unhappy, aggressive, angry, chilling, dark, distressing, frightening, violent, boring, dull, lifeless, insipid, energetic, exciting, stimulating, thought-provoking…
Application of Pigments…
PAINTING
the expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in a two-dimensional visual language. The elements of this language—its shapes, lines, colors, tones, and textures—are used in various ways to produce sensations of volume, space, movement, and light on a flat surface. These elements are combined into expressive patterns in order to represent real or supernatural phenomena, to interpret a narrative theme, or to create wholly abstract visual relationships. An artist’s decision to use a particular medium, such as tempera, fresco, oil, acrylic, watercolor or other water-based paints, ink, gouache, encaustic, or casein, as well as the choice of a particular form, such as mural, easel, panel, miniature, manuscript illumination, scroll, screen or fan, panorama, or any of a variety of modern forms, is based on the sensuous qualities and the expressive possibilities and limitations of those options. The choices of the medium and the form, as well as the artist’s own technique, combine to realize a unique visual image.
Mark Making
Mark making describes the different lines, dots, marks, patterns, and textures we create in an artwork. It can be loose and gestural or controlled and neat. It can apply to any material used on any surface: paint on canvas, ink or pencil on paper, a scratched mark on plaster, a digital paint tool on a screen, a tattooed mark on skin…even a sound can be a form of mark making. Artists use gesture to express their feeling and emotions in response to something seen or something felt – or gestural qualities can be used to create a purely abstract composition.
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Color: Natural, clear, compatible, distinctive, lively, stimulating, subtle, sympathetic, artificial, clashing, depressing, discordant, garish, gaudy, jarring, unfriendly, violent, bright, brilliant, deep, earthy, harmonious, intense, rich, saturated, strong, vibrant, vivid, dull, flat, insipid, pale, mellow, muted, subdued, quiet, weak, cool, cold, warm, hot, light, dark, blended, broken, mixed, muddled, muddied, pure, complementary, contrasting, harmonious…..
TEXTURE: Flat, polished, smooth, raised, rough, coarse, cut, incised, pitted, scratched, uneven, hairy, sticky, soft, hard, shiny, glossy, reflective, semigloss, satin, silk, frosted, matte….
