Painting techniques
Drip painting
Drip painting is a form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured on to the canvas. This…
Fresco painting
Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster. Water…
China painting
China painting, or porcelain painting, is the decoration of glazed porcelain objects such as plates, bowls, vases or statues. The…
Pointillism
Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an…
Trompe-l’œil
Trompe-l'œil (French meaning for "deceive the eye") is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion…
Polychrome
Polychrome is the "'practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to…
Watercolor painting
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English), also aquarelle (French), is a painting method in which the paints are made…
Action painting
Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared…
Nocturne painting
The nocturne is a pictorial genre consisting of the representation of scenes or landscapes set at night. Nocturne painting is…
Acrylic painting techniques
Acrylic painting is a pictorial technique born in relatively recent times. The paints are produced with colored powders (pigments) mixed…
Generative art
Generative art refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous…
Pen Drawing
Pen Drawing or Pen painting is a painting technique used by seventeenth-century artists from the Dutch Republic. First the artist…