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In the arts, media (plural of medium) are the materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work.
Drawing
In drawing, "media" refers to the type of held dry tool used and the base onto which it is transferred. The "held dry tool" normally means to a pencil, or stick medium, referred to as a "crayon". Small particles of broken-off stick medium are transferred to a base or plane of production on which the artwork is produced. A typical base is paper, but canvas and othr surfaces can also be used.
Common drawing media
- Conté crayon
- Graphite
- Charcoal
- Chalk pastel
- No.2 pencil
- Oil pastel
- Pen and ink
- Eraser relief
- Marker
- Colored pencil
- Colored charcoal
Painting
In painting, "media" refers to both the type of paint used and the base (or ground) to which it is applied. A paint's medium refers to what carries a paint's pigments, and is also called a "vehicle" or a "base". A painter can mix a medium with solvents, pigments, and other substances in order to make paint and control its consistency.
Common paint media
- Acrylic paint
- Enamel paint
- Gesso
- Glaze
- Gouache
- Ink
- Latex paint
- Magna paint
- Oil paint
- Primer
- Sumi
- Tempera
- Vinyl paint
- Watercolor
Common ground media
Application tools and methods
- Action painting
- Aerosol paint
- Airbrush
- Batik
- Brush
- Finger painting
- Muralism
- Pallete knife
- Sumi brush
Muralism techniques
Muralists use many of the same media as panel painters, but due to the scale of their works, ues different techniques. Some such techniques include:Sculpture
Materials
- Beads
- Clay
- Edible material
- Found objects
- Glue and other adhesives
- Ice
- Jewels
- Marble
- Metals
- Paperboard
- Papier-mâché
- Plaster
- Plastics
- Sand
- Stone
- Textile
- Wax
- Wire
- Wood
Tools
- Bristled brush
- Ceramic wheel and kiln
- Chisel
- Clamps
- cutting torch
- Hammer or mallet
- Knife
- Pliers
- Power tools
- Sandpaper
- Saw
- Scraper
- Snips
- Wirecutters
Printmaking
In the art of printmaking, "media" tends to refer to the technique used to create a print. Common media include:
- Engraving
- Etching
- Giclée printing
- Inkjet printing
- Laser printing
- Linocut
- Lithography
- Moku hanga
- Offset printing
- Plate printing
- Photographic printing
- Screen-printing
- Woodcut
External links
- Media (artists' materials) definition from the Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
"Media (arts)"