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April 13, 2015

Art Smarts: AKA Art 101

By Caitlin Pfleger / Blog

 

“The more you know about the kinds of art out there, the easier starting or continuing your art collection will be.”

~ Amy Amdur, CEO of Amdur Productions

No Time to Read?

 6 Categories of Art

1. Paintings are produced usually with a brush or a palette knife, typically on canvas and uses…

Carrie Jacobson Oil Painting
Tim McWilliams Acrylic Painting

2. 2D is anything flat, on a wall, that isn’t a painting or photography

Examples would be… Drawings, Pastel Work, Collage, Mixed Media, Pen & Ink 

Drawing by Gary Bachers
Pen and Ink Art by Jason Fricke
Collage by Alexander Gashunin
Fun Fact
Pastel is not a pale color. In fact, pastels can be very vibrant and deep pigmented. What makes it a pastel is that the pigment is compressed into a chalk-like material.

3.  Jewelry 

is wearable art when it is hand made and designed from the artist, not from machines

Earrings by Julie Foster
Earrings by Julie Foster
Necklace by Deborah Armstrong
Necklace by Deborah Armstrong
Pins by Alexa and Peter Smarsh
Pins by Alexa & Peter Smarsh

4. Photography traditionally is producing an image from film or a light sensitive surface. Photography can be black and white,color, manipulated or hand colored. Digital photography is producing an image with pixels which carry codes that correlate to colors.

Color Photo by Jason Pavalonis
Color Photo by Jason Pavalonis
Black and White Photo by Steve Wewerka
Black and White Photo by Steve Wewerka
Inversion Technique used by JD Dennison
 

Fun Fact!

There are MULTIPLE processes in producing photography and there are always new processes coming out. Come to our art festivals this summer to meet the photographers and learn their process!

5. 3D Functional is art with dimension that has a purpose.

Wood Table by Steven Carlson
Hand Painted Silk by Maureen Roberts and Michael Lublin
Functional Ceramic Bowls by Melissa Monroe
 

6. 3D Non Functional is art with dimension, and
an aesthetic, but no specified function.

Metal Sculpture by Eugene Perry
3D Non Functional Mixed Media by Steve and Beth Radtke
3D Non Functional Ceramic Art by Kent Kraus

Fun Fact!

Any media can be Functional or Non Functional. Metals, ceramics, mixed media, wood, glass and more can either be functional or non functional

Art 101 in Real Life

Come see all these art categories and meet the artists in May 2015!

May 16 & 17
May 23 & 24
May 29, 30 & 31

Busy May? We have art festivals June, July, August and September! Click for more info

 

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