FORMS OF PAINTING The easel painting is perhaps the most common form of painting which involves applying color to a board or canvas that is fixed on an upright support called an easel. These are meant to be framed and hanged on a wall after creating them.
MURALS A mural is described as a huge well-sized painting used to impart messages to the public. A new form of mural which is a portable mural, was developed in order to prevent the mural from being erased from the wall which was created by using bold strokes in applying bright colors on pieces of cheesecloth
Telon Painting A telon is describes as a backdrop or background for the stage which are used for komedya , sarswela , and sinakulo , the popular forms of theater in the country.
Jeepney and Calesa Painting The calesa is typically painted using one color. The borders of the calesa are decorated with geometric patterns, repetitive patterns, and/or thin lines
Collage This refers to a form of painting that involves combine images in a single artwork. This entails cutting and pasting materials such as paper, fabric, tin foil and other relatively flat materials onto a board canvas
Genre Painting Genre painting portrays people in daily activities. During the contemporary period, genre painting took several directions. One of these new approaches is folk genre, which mainly focuses on the everyday activities of the folk.
Historical Painting The historical painting depicts scene from the past. It often has a lesson concerning national values.
Interiors This refers to painting of the space inside of a part of a house or a building. This usually reveals the social class of the family living in that particularly house, as well as the traits of the people living in it .
Landscape These painting portrays natural scenery or urban scenes. Mixed media is now used in creating landscape paintings. Closely related to landscapes are seascapes, which focus on large bodies of water, particularly the ocean or the sea
Portraits This refers to a painting portraying one or more specific individuals. This usally portrays the physical characterictics of the subject and seeks to show an understanding of that person’s character
Nudes These are painting that portray the unclothed human figure. Nowadays, a wide variety of materials and styles can be used in painting nudes. Nude painting sessions are conducted in galleries
Religious painting Common subject of religious painting includes a lone religious images, live of the saints, and scenes based from the scriptures like the nativity scene, and the station of the cross