Fine art

Fine art

Of, or pertaining to the creation of, any visual art that was considered to have been created for purely aesthetic purposes.

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Sketcher

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A wooden frame over which the canvas of a painting is stretched.

Sketch

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A rough drawing used to capture the basic elements and structure of a situation often used as the basis for a more detailed work.

Size/dimensions

Arts & crafts; Fine art

The dimensions are marked in inches, listed width by height (w" x h") and refer only to the image area on a print or canvas.

Sienna

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A form of limonite clay most famous in the production of oil paint pigments. Its yellow-brown colour comes from ferric oxides contained within. As a natural pigment, it (along with its chemical ...

A type of paint made from colour particles (pigment) and linseed oil. Oil paint dries slowly, can be used thick or thin, and with glazes. Because it dries slowly, oil paint is easier to blend from ...

Museum

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A building, place or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical or artistic value. The word Museum ...

Wet-on-wet

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A painting technique that is well-known as being the primary method of painting used by Bob Ross. Since lighter colours will usually mix with darker colours if laid over top of them while wet, the ...