What is chiaroscuro, a painting technique?
It is the technique of using light and shade in painting a picture. Chiaroscuro (Italian for light-dark) You can read about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro Rembrandt, in particular, used this technique very effectively, sometimes painting a pool of light around the main subject in a scene, and leaving the rest in darkness. For example, look at his painting Supper at Emmaus http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/re...
What painting techniques are used by Titian in his paintings?
"Coloris"-- as opposed to the "disegno" technique that was also popular in Italy at that time with artists like Michaelangelo. With disegno figures look more chunky and solid and are almost outlined, but with coloris figures are more gently shaded and almost fade into the background. The lines are softer and not as heavy or solid. Hope that helps!!!
How can I change the background in a picture using PhotoScape?
PhotoScape is a free powerful photo editor. As we reviewed earlier, it’s full of various photo editing techniques among which there is image background editing. To replace an old background in PhotoScape, you can select one of the following methods: crop photo background, paint background or clone background. Each option has pros and cons. Have a look at a PhotoScape tutorial to apply the method that suites you best.Crop BackgroundCrop background is a good way to remove photo background in PhotoScape. However, if you use this mode, you will save only important photo element with no background at all. Here is a step by step guide on how to crop a background as in the image sample:Open PhotoScape Editor tab;Select a photo;Choose “Crop Freely” and mark “Chop Round Image” as in the image above;Use your mouse to create a circle and stretch it to select the key area;Click “Crop” to preview the image without old background;Save cropped area to get an image without background.Clone BackgroundCloning a background with a clone stamp is an ideal method to copy and paste one object in the picture twice, three times or million times. The technique is similar to the copy-paste mode in Microsoft Word:Open PhotoScape Editor tab;Select a photo;Under Tools tab click “Clone Stamp”;Use simultaneously Alt and click the area you want to copy (number 1 in the image);Click any desired area on the background area to paste the initial part of the background (number 2 on the image);Hit “Save” button to save the photo onto your PC.Paint BackgroundPaint background with some color and hide the background area of a photo that you don’t want others to see. Paint brush is not 100% ideal and naturally looking like in Photoshop orGIMP as PhotoScape is an amateur photo editor. However, it would work for on the run photo editing.Open PhotoScape Editor tab;Select a photo;Under Tools tab click Color Picker (number 1 on the sample image). The image color recognized by Color Picker is displayed in the pop-up next to the tool icon;Click close to the area you plan to paint (action number 1 on the image);Click “Paint Brush” and use your mouse to start painting the desired area;Save the resulting image when you are done.No matter which way you prefer: crop, copy or paint background, PhotoScape does its image editing work perfectly.Instagram: MrFahadKhan
What is the literary term for when an author is painting a picture in your head?
Imagery is correct. TW K
What techniques did Paul Cezanne use to paint?
"From; http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pcez/hd... "In his still-life paintings from the mid-1870s, Cézanne abandoned his thickly encrusted surfaces and began to address technical problems of form and color by experimenting with subtly gradated tonal variations, or "constructive brushstrokes," to create dimension in his objects. Still Life with Jar, Cup, and Apples shows Cézanne's rejection of the intense contrasts of light and shadow of his earlier years in exchange for a refined system of color scales placed next to one another. The light of Impressionism resonates in this work, but signs of a revised palette are especially apparent in his muted tones. Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, a mature work from the early 1890s, reveals Cézanne's artistic evolution and mastery of this style of building forms completely from color and creating scenes with distorted perspectival space. The objects in this painting, such as the fruit and tablecloth, are rendered without use of light or shadow, but through extremely subtle gradations of color. In such still lifes as Dish of Apples, of about 1875–77, as in his landscapes, Cézanne ignores the laws of classical perspective, allowing each object to be independent within the space of a picture while the relationship of one object to another takes precedence over traditional single-point perspective." From; http://artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/... "Paul Cézanne believed that the Impressionists had lost one of the classical hallmarks of great art: a structured composition where the visual elements are carefully refined and balanced to work in harmony with one another. He felt that the Impressionists' technique was naturally limited, principally because they had to work so quickly to capture the fleeting effects of atmospheric conditions. Cézanne wanted to make paintings whose compositions were more tightly organised and "make of Impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the museums". He called his pictures 'constructions after nature' in which elements from the three-dimensional world were translated into patterns of shapes and colors arranged on a flat canvas. The way that Cézanne structured and abstracted his paintings with carefully modulated color pushed art towards the revolutionary style that was Cubism."
Do you paint the background first or last? Which is easiest if you've drawn on the canvas first?
The simplest rule is to draw from front to back and paint from back to front. The main two things to avoid are: 1) Messing up the part of the painting/drawing that is “perfect”. For painting that typically means fill in the space that is less detailed first. For drawing that typically means draw the big objects and lines first. 2) Don’t make accidental halos (this is a pet-peeve of mine). Students will paint an object wonderfully and then be so afraid of messing it up that they leave a 1mm to 1 cm space around the object when filling in the background. This looks horrible.Now to muddy the waters: The above generalization changes based on style, transparency and talent.Style: For my stylized paintings I paint everything all at once and build with layering, but Gustav Klimt’s stylized work was drawn in first and painted section by section. You need to figure out the look you’re going for and which approach creates your desired look. This takes time, so enjoy yourself and bump out some work.Transparency: I diverge here from some others who have posted. Depending on the style or look you want you can use the transparency or opaqueness of a medium to your advantage. The question you want to ask yourself is, “Do you want your first layer to show through too your next layer?” Oil mixes wonderfully when wet and covers dray layers very well. So starting with a background works well, but you can apply it thinly if you want your under painting to show. Watercolor and even acrylic let dried layers show much more because they don’t cover well. If you do a yellow warm wash, do you want the yellow underneath to affect the next layer? If not then make the wash weak, or mask off the areas you don’t want to have a hint of yellow. BUT those colors coming through the layers add a deepness and richness to the finished painting…so don’t mask off everything.Talent: The more talent you have the more you can “break the rules” or just make up your own. After all rules in art or more guidelines than anything else.
What is a large painting on a wall called?
It's a mural.