Complete the account of the media.
A paint is pigment held in a ______ and applied to a support. In buon fresco the pigment binds as the ______ carbonates. A day-piece of fresco is a ______. Transparent layers of oil laid over an opaque underpainting are ______.
Word bank: binder · plaster · giornata · glazes · pigment · grounds
Hints
- The first blank is the component that differs between media.
- The last blank names the technique that gives oil its depth of colour.
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A paint is pigment held in a binder and applied to a support. In buon fresco the pigment binds as the plaster carbonates. A day-piece of fresco is a giornata. Transparent layers of oil laid over an opaque underpainting are glazes.
The first blank carries the lesson: pigments are largely shared across media, so it is the binder that decides drying time, working method and what the picture can be. Change the binder and you change the painting before a subject has been chosen.
Practise Painting I: What the Medium Decides
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More questions on Painting I: What the Medium Decides
- Sort each capability by the medium that permits it.
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- Jan van Eyck invented oil painting.
- Which follow from the chemistry of buon fresco?
- Roughly how many days can an oil painting remain workable, allowing wet-into-wet blending?
- Arrange the stages of painting a buon fresco in order.
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