CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART (CCA - FINE ART) JSS2 SECOND TERM WEEK 5 PAINTING (THEORY) CONTENT DEFINITION: Painting is defined as the art that deals with the use of colours to express creative ideas on paper, canvas or wall through drawing, picture making

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART (CCA - FINE ART) JSS2 SECOND TERM

WEEK 5

PAINTING (THEORY)

CONTENT

DEFINITION: Painting is defined as the art that deals with the use of colours to express creative ideas on paper, canvas or wall through drawing, picture making or imaginative composition. Painting is a two-dimensional art which is grouped under fine art.

FUNCTIONS OF PAINTING MEDIA

Painting materials or media include the following;

1. COLOUR: There is a variety of colours in art like poster colours, watercolours, crayons, oil-based colours, acrylic colours and chalk pastels. They are used for painting or colouring the surface area of cardboard, wall etc., with the intention of creating a pictorial composition.
2. FIXATIVE: Fixative is a liquid solvent that is applied…