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Medium, Materials & Making · 2

Covers what a work appears to be made as, what it uses, and what processes and production traces it displays.

Work Medium & Expressive Medium Materials, Pigments & Constituent Substances Supports & Substrates Tools & Instruments Techniques & Production Processes Linework, Brushwork, Mark-Making & Fill Surface, Finish & Production Trace

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Etching · Etching a dog plate

Etching a dog plate

Concept

Etching

A making technique that chemically incises a plate surface.

Expressive brushwork · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

Concept

Expressive brushwork

An appearance of emphatic brush marks with visible direction and variation.

Fabric · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

Concept

Fabric

A flexible material made by weaving, knitting, or bonding fibers.

Felt · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

Concept

Felt

A fiber material characterized by fuzzy nonwoven fiber, soft thickness, and cut edges.

Flat color · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Flat color

A color-fill treatment characterized by even color fields with restrained shading and clear boundaries.

Gesso · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Gesso

A coating material that creates a light ground on a painting support.

Glass · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

Concept

Glass

A transparent or translucent inorganic formed material.

Glossy finish · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Glossy finish

A surface appearance with bright highlights and sharp reflections.

Gouache paint · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

Concept

Gouache paint

A water-based paint that creates opaque color areas.

Impasto relief · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

Concept

Impasto relief

A surface effect suggesting visible raised relief from thick paint layers.

Impasto · Impasto dog painting

Impasto dog painting

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Impasto

A making technique that applies paint in raised, thick passages.

Ink · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

Concept

Ink

A liquid coloring material used for lines, writing, or color areas.

Intaglio printing · Intaglio printing a dog

Intaglio printing a dog

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Intaglio printing

A printing technique that transfers ink from recessed areas of a plate to paper.

Leather · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Leather

An animal-derived material made by tanning hide.

Loom · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Loom

A tool that holds warp threads for making woven fabric.

Marker · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Marker

A drawing implement characterized by clear-edged lines, even color fields, and overlaps.

Metal material · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Metal material

Metal used as material for making an object.

Mixed media · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Mixed media

An artwork form that combines distinct media.

Mosaic assembly · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Mosaic assembly

A assembly technique characterized by repeated small pieces, joints, and segmented color fields.

Oil paint · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Oil paint

Paint that uses a drying oil as its medium.

Paintbrush · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Paintbrush

A tool with bristles for applying paint.

Painting · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Painting

A flat artwork medium composed with pigment or color layers.

Palette knife · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Palette knife

A making tool with a flexible blade for mixing paint or applying it to a support.

Palette · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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Palette

A flat tool for holding and mixing paint.