Painting Styles

  • Aesthetics in Japanese Arts
    Japanese aesthetics is closely tied in with what is considered beautiful in Japanese culture. An astonishing and unsurpassed aesthetic sense is grasped, yet one can be bewildered as to how to make... Read More »
  • Dada or Dadaism Art Movement
    Dadaism was an art and cultural movement that developed in 1916 through an agreement between a group of young artists in Zurich, Switzerland. It was the time of war. In fact, the... Read More »
  • Impasto, Painting Technique
    Impasto is one of the painting techniques that has been used even by the great painting masters. The term comes form the Italian word which means "dough" or "mixture". As a painting... Read More »
  • Impressionism Art Movement
    Impressionism as an art movement came out in France sometime during the mid 19th century that began to go against the rules of academic painting. During that time, the most popular paintings... Read More »
  • Introduction to Art Nouveau
    Art Nouveau is an international style used in art, architecture and design that became popular in the beginning of the 20th Century. The style is characterized by its flowing and curvilinear designs... Read More »
  • Modern Encaustic Painting
    Encaustic painting has enjoyed a revival of sorts with the availability of modern techniques now being considered as standard in the craft. This kind of panting technique was once shunned with the... Read More »
  • Panel Painting
    There are many techniques employed in painting as art. Artists would want to follow a certain technique that they believe shows their best expression. Some artists prefer the canvas as the medium... Read More »
  • Pop Art
    After World War II, an art movement began to take shape in the United States and United Kingdom, both are influenced on popular mass culture, which would become one of the most... Read More »
  • Post-colonialism - Impact on Southeast Asian Art
    Post-colonialism is primarily a set of theories focused on literature, film and philosophy. It basically deals with issues for societies that have undergone colonialism: the task of developing a national identity of... Read More »
  • Surrealism Art Movement
    Art has been a part of man's quest for knowledge. Man aimed to capture and the concretion of what comes to the imagination of the human psyche. Objects with a physical or... Read More »
  • Symbolism Art Movement
    Symbolism is an art movement that came out sometime in the mate 19th Century. It initially originated in parts of France as well as Belgium in the form of poetry as well... Read More »
  • The Basics of Acrylic Painting
    Acrylic painting is a fairly new painting method where artists make use of acrylic paints instead of the oil based variety. Acrylic paints first became commercially available during the 1950's. They were... Read More »
  • The Basics of Watercolor
    Watercolor painting can be a very interesting hobby. As a matter of fact, any type of art as a hobby can be fulfilling, considering that you are trying to create something out... Read More »
  • Understanding Encaustic Painting
    Encaustic painting is an art technique that involves the use of heated beeswax mixed with colored pigments that are then applied to a surface. The common surfaced used usually are wood although... Read More »