MEDIUMS AND TECHNIQUES.pptx

Mediums and Techniques in Art

1. MEDIUMS AND TECHNIQUES

2. Objective: At the end of this lesson, you should be able to explain the meaning of “medium” (material) and “technique” (ways of handling material) as important components of art form.

3. What is medium? Medium is defined as the material, or the substance out of which a work is made. Through these materials, the artists express and communicate feelings and ideas.

4. The medium also defines the nature of the art form as follows: 1. Sculptor uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass. Sculptures fall within the category of “three-dimensional” arts because they occupy space and have volume. Examples: Pottery, nudes or figures such as Guillermo Tolentino’s Oblation, ritual objects such as bulul woodcarvings in the Cordillera, or the santos or carvings of saints in Christian churches

5. 2. Architect uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone, concrete and various building materials. Buildings are also called “three-dimensional” arts because like sculpture, they occupy space and have volume. 3. Painter uses pigments (e.g., watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink, etc.) on a usually flat ground (wood, canvas, paper, stone wall such as in cave paintings).

6. 4. Printmaker uses ink printed or transferred on a surface (wood, metal plates, or silk screen) that is in keeping with a duplicating or reproducing process. Prints and paintings are further classified as “two-dimensional” arts, because they include the surface or ground on which coloring substances are applied. 5. Musician uses sound and instruments (including the human voice), while the dancer uses the body. A T’boli chanter sings creation stories in a way that is different from a classical singer or pop music singer influenced by the Western music scale.

7. 6. Dancer uses the body and its movements. Dance is often accompanied by music, but there are dances that do not rely on musical accompaniment to be realized. Dance can tell stories, but at other times, they convey abstract ideas that do not rely on a narrative. 7. Theater artist integrates all the arts and uses the stage, production design, performance elements, and script to enable the visual, musical, dance and other aspects to come together as a whole work.

8. 8. Photographer uses the camera to record the outside world. 9. Filmmaker uses the cinematographic camera to record and put together production design, sound engineering, performance, and screenplay. 10. Writer of a novel, poetry, nonfiction and fiction uses words.

9. 11. Designer , performance artist and installation artist combine use of the range of materials mentioned.

10. On the basis of medium, the arts can be classified as: 1. Musical arts include music, poetry (those that have perceptible rhythm and can be sung or danced to) and dance that is accompanied by music. 2. Practical arts have immediate use for everyday and business life such as design, architecture, and furniture. 3. Environmental arts occupy space and change in its meaning and function depending on their categories including architecture, sculpture, and site-specific works such as installations and public art.

11. 4. Pictorial works include painting, drawing, graphics, and stage and production design 9lighting, dress, props, and set). 5. Dramatic are works that are staged and performed and they include drama, performance art, or music and dance. 6. Narrative are based on stories and they include drama, novel, fiction, nonfiction, music, and dance.

12. What is technique? Technique is the manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired formal effect, and communicate the desired concept, or meaning, according to his or her personal style (modern, Neoclassic, etc ). The distinctive character or nature of the medium determines the technique.

13. Technique involves tools and technology, ranging from the most traditional (for example carving, silkscreen, analog photography, digital filmmaking, music production, industrial design, and robotics).

14. In sum, to know the full meaning of a work, it is also necessary to study the material from which it is made and how it is made.

15. Answer: 1. Discuss the materials you used for your art work. 2. Discuss how you used these materials.