WATERCOLOR

paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle.

most common support: paper, plastics, leather, fabric, wood, and canvas
 FRESCO

painting on a moist plaster surface colors ground

in water or limewater picture. The colors dry into
plaster, and the picture becomes part of the wall
 TEMPERA

paints are mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk or egg white and ore.
They are often used as a binder due to its film forming properties and
rapid drying rate. It is usually done in wooden panel with a plaster called
‘gesson’.
 PASTEL

It is a stick of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and

compounded with gum water. Pastel sticks or crayons of pure
powdered pigment combined with an inert binder.

Man with a rooster

by Oscar Navarro
 Oil

oil painting, pigments are mixed with linseed oil and

applied to the canvas. They dry slowly and may be modified
or alter.

Marketplace before a church

 Acrylic

it is a synthetic medium which is water-based

paint made from acrylic resins.
 MOSAIC

picture or decoration made of small pieces of

inlaid colored stones or glass called ‘tesserae’
which most often are cut into squares glued on a
surface with plaster or cement.
 STAINED GLASS

This is made by many small pieces of colored

glass which are held together by bands of lead. It
is also a kind of patchwork.
 ENCAUSTIC

It is also known as hot wax painting. Involves the

use of heated beeswax to which colored pigments
are added. The liquid or paste is then applied to
a surface.
 MIXED MEDIA

The use of more than one medium. The choice of

layers should be carefully made.