Week 2
Slideshow Pt. 2
Acrylic
Most synthetic painting media
Fast drying and flexible
Water-thinned, yet water resistant
Encaustic
Pigments suspended in hot beeswax
Egypt – painted directly on wooden coffins
Used only by a few painters today
“Portrait” of a Boy” found in Fayum
Fresco
Painted directly into the wall
Damp lime-plaster surface
Painter works quickly n a rapid staining process
Lime forms transparent calcium crystals that
chemically bind pigment to moist lime plaster wall
Aging deepens and enriches the colors – 50-100 years
Luminous color, fine surface, and permanent color
make this medium ideal for large murals
Fresco
12-14 straight hours to complete 2 square yards of the
fresco
Favored medium during Renaissance – much on
church walls
Secco Fresco
Dry fresco
Done on finished, dried lime plaster wall
Tempera paint applied to dry, clean surface or over an
already completed fresco
“Detroit Industry” by Diego Rivera in
1932
Printmaking
Making multiple copies of a single image
Newspapers, books, posters, magazines, greetings
AP = artist proof
Relief Printmaking
Cut away parts that do not carry the ink
Woodcut, wood engraving, linoleum cut
Rubber stamps, fingerprints, tires
“The Wave” by Katsushika
Hokusai; 1830
“Prophet” by Emil Nolde; 1912
“Sharecropper” by Elizabeth Catlett
Intaglio
Opposite of relief
Areas below the surface hold ink
Intaglio  Italian word “itagliare” – to cut into
Cut or scratch in surface with steel or diamond tipped
tools
Printer daubs plate with ink then wipes the surface
clean, leaving ink in only etched areas
Damp paper placed on ink plate; paper picks up ink
Engraving
Lines cut into polished surface of the plate with a
burin (engraving tool)
Takes strength and control
“The Knight, Death and the Devil”
by Albrecht Durer
Drypoint
Similar to line engraving
Artist digs line into soft copper or zinc
Displayed matel leaves a burr, or rough edge, when
printed, leaves a blurred line
Etching
Preparing metal with acid
Ground - resistant material that covers the copper or
zinc
Draws through the ground with tool, exposing the
metal
Etched lines are more easily produced
Aquatint – etching process used to obtain shaded areas
in black and white or color prints
“Christ Preaching” by Rembrandt; 1652
Screen Printing
Use squeegee; paint; cut outs of plastic