JSS2 Cultural and Creative Art (CCA) Lesson Note on Painting

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TOPIC:   PAINTING

Definitions of Painting

1. Painting is the art of beautifying drawn objects with colors.
2. It is  an  aspect  of  fine  art mainly  for  decoration  and
3. It is a technique of applying paint or color on a drawing with the aid of a brush. 4. It is also the art of creating pictorial scenes on a flat surface. The artist who paints is called a painter. Mosaic and collage are aspect of painting. Paintings are named after their media or process of  execution e.g.  Wash—done with water, brush and color. Impasto—an Italian word used to describe the thickness of paint.

Wet painting—colors are diluted before applying with brush on surface. Media used include water/ poster colors, oil paint, emulsion or gloss paint and acrylic colors.

Dry painting—it involves applying colors without dilution. color mixing and blending takes place directly and right on the paper or surface used and not on palette. Media used include pastel  (chalk or oil), crayon or color pencils,  marker  or felt  pens. Fixative is required to avoid smudging of colors

EVALUATION.

1. Define painting.
2. Explain the following terms i. Dry painting. ii. Wet painting. iii. Impasto

TYPES OF PAINTING

Life or figure painting: This is the painting of the whole body of the human figure or model with a good arrangement of draperies. Draperies are folds on clothes

Nature painting: It is the painting of natural creatures made by God such as plants, fruits, flowers, plain, valley, animals and aquatic creatures.

Still life painting:   This is the painting of inanimate or man-made or lifeless objects e.g. bag, shoes, chair, stove, car, building etc

Imaginative composition: It is the pictorial painting done from one’s idea thought or imagination

It is also a composition done from memory and not copied. One can be in a place then use images of objects there to imaginatively   compose another setting. Examples are: Market scene, Local festival, school, carpenters workshop, grazing cattle and their herdsmen, a town crier etc.

Landscape painting: This is also called outdoor painting. It is the painting of outside scene made up of land,  vegetation, roads, trees, hills, farm land,  houses, etc. Terms  associated  with  landscape  include  picture  plane,  foreground,  background,  eye  level  or  horizon  line

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