The Arts

The Arts — page 3
Art of the Mind's Eye e most painting is a two dimensional or flat work of visual art It is created by applying some form of color or paint to a surface Some artists paint what they see around them Others paint pictures that they see in their imagination The idea on which a painting is based is called its theme Some paintings have a religious theme For example on famous paintings in the world Leonardo da Vinci s Last Supper shows Jesus Christ sharing his final meal with his disciples Other paintings show famous legends and events in history Or they show landscapes animals or even scenes from daily life Many Chinese scroll paintings take landscapes and nature as their themes Artists also paint portraits or pictures of people Sometimes they paint pictures of themselves Such paintings are called self portraits Some painters express ideas and feelings through lines shapes colors and textures that don't look like anything you could recognize Such paintings are called abstract paintings Painters use many materials in their works These include oil Left Navajo man making a sand painting Right Classroon artist in training paints acrylics watercolors pastels inks dyes and enamel paints Painters use different tools to apply these colors like brushes of various sizes and flexible tools called palette knives You probably know that many paintings are made on canvas or paper But paintings can also be applied to different surfaces Murals are paintings on walls both indoors and outdoors Frescoes are wall paintings made on wet plaster And some Native Americans paint without paint in an art known as sand painting In Islamic countries and in East Asia especially Japan Korea and China calligraphy the art of beautiful writing is a skill equal to painting Calligraphy is usually done in ink using a brush LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS DIEGO RIVERA SCULPTURE