artistic techniques
Ways of making
Artistic techniques are the methods and skills artists use to create their work—brushwork in painting, chiaroscuro for light and shadow, cross-hatching in drawing, or glaze firing in ceramics.
The term covers both physical processes and stylistic approaches: She studied Renaissance artistic techniques, The film uses artistic techniques borrowed from German Expressionism.
Mastery of technique is often distinguished from raw creativity or vision.
- mixed mediaArt combining diverse materials
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- dry brushingExfoliating with stiff bristles
wet on wet · shading · cross hatching · collage · storyboarding · pointillism · glazing · stippling · color blending · color theory · sgraffito · carving · frottage · fresco · sculpting · kinetic art · action painting · grisaille
- portraitsportrait, portraits, headshot, headshots, self-portrait
- art booksart books, painting collections, masterpieces, photography books, architecture books
- portraitureheadshot, portrait lighting, self portrait, formal portrait, candid portrait
- Latin printmakingwoodcuts, linocuts, lithographs, etchings, engravings
artistic techniquesindustrial processes
Methods for large-scale production
manufacturing processes · scientific methods · practical skills · trade skills