Acrylic painting
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 1989 words.
Although ‘acrylic’ has become a generic term for any synthetic paint medium, acrylics are a specific type of manmade polymer
Adhesives
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 2792 words.
Substances used to bond two surfaces. The surfaces may consist of the same material, as when mending a broken object,
Adobe
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 5 words.
Airbrush
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 420 words.
Hand-held painting instrument, of about the same size as or slightly larger than a pen, that delivers paint in a
Alabaster
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 707 words.
Term used to describe two types of stone, one of gypsum and one of limestone. ‘True’ alabaster is hydrated calcium
Aluminium
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 1859 words.
Silvery white metal. The third most abundant element in the earth's crust (after oxygen and silicon), aluminium is found only
Amber
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 968 words.
Fossilized, water-insoluble Resin, 20–120 million years old, which exuded from giant coniferous trees and became buried below them.
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Antler
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 5 words.
Appliqué
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 65 words.
Technique of decorating textiles with motifs cut from one material, which are attached or ‘applied’ to another with embroidery stitches
Aquatint
in The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Techniques and Principles. 3056 words.
Term used to describe either the intaglio process or the print made by etching a plate through a special etching