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List of art techniques

Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Artists have explored many styles and have used many different techniques to create art.

A

Airbrushing technique

Aerial perspective

Acrylic painting techniques

Aging (artwork) technique

Aquatint

Assemblage (art) technique

Animation (digital art)

B

Basse-taille enameling technique

Burnishing

Freehand brush work

C

 

Camaïeu technique

Cast paper

Ceramic forming techniques

Cerography

Champlevé

Chiaroscuro technique

Cloisonné

Collage

Contour drawing technique

Contour rivalry

Crosshatching

D

Dalle de verre

Décollage technique

Digital painting technique

Distressing technique

Divisionism technique

Drip painting

Droste effect

Drybrush

Dye-sublimation technique

E

Embossing technique

Encaustic (hot wax) painting technique

En résille enameling technique

Etching technique

F

Fat over lean

Faux painting

Fingerpaint

Fresco

Froissage

Fresco-secco

G

Gilding technique

Glassblowing

Glaze (painting technique)

Gongbi

Gradation

Grattage

Grisaille

H

Haboku

Hierarchical proportion

I

Illusionistic ceiling painting

Impasto art technique

Intaglio (printmaking) technique

Ink wash painting technique

K

Keum-boo gilding technique

L

Linocut technique

Lithography

Lost-wax casting

M

Metalcut technique

Mosaic art technique

Multidimensional art

Mural Painting technique

N

Nerikomi artistic technique

O

Oblique projection

P

Paint by number

Paper craft

Pholage artistic technique

Plique-à-jour enameling technique

Pointillé technique

Pointillism

Pouncing technique

Pencil shading

R

Rapid visualization graphic artist technique

Relief art technique

Relief printing technique

Repoussé and chasing technique

Resin art technique

Rubbing (art)

S

Scratchitti graffiti

Scratchboard

Screen printing technique

Screentone texture technique

Sfumato technique

Shading

Sgraffito technique

Soft sculpture

Spray painting technique

stippling

still life

T

Tarashikomi

Texture (painting)

Transfer technique (drawing)

Trompe-l’œil technique

U

Underpainting

Verdaille (green shades technique)

W

Watercolor painting

Welded sculpture technique

Wet-on-wet

Wire sculpture

Wood engraving technique

Woodblock printing (Moku hanga) technique

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_art_techniques

 

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