Art is the process, expression, and product of creative skill and imagination. In its most basic form it can be a sketch, painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.

The main types of art are visual, applied, performing, craft, digital, conceptual, literary, folk, and martial arts. The different types of art express

India is a patchwork of art and craft forms. The Indian styles of paintings have unique origins and history behind them which make them even more interesting. This exhaustive list of different types of Indian paintings shows how every part of India added to its rich cultural heritage.

Principles of Design

Hatching/Crosshatching/Stippling/Blending

For this project, I asked the students to go out and photograph trees and plants. I stressed the importance of framing the leaves against a blank background (like the sky or a blank wall) so that they could really tell the difference between the positive and negative space. We then tweaked them in Picasa and printed them out as high contrast black and white photos. Working from the photo of their choice, the students drew the outline of their plants/leaves. They then had to tear black paper…

I taught glass fusing for several years, and was often asked how to turn little bits of glass (frit) into an image. Students were often at a lose how anyone could do images with just little bits of glass. I believe this to be true in any medium if (as mentioned in a prior post) the student is only allowed to work with one or two of the elements of design. For example, to create an image using only point, it is as though you told them to speak but only use verbs, no nouns, but yet the whole…

T he elements of art are the basic elements used by artists when creating art; they are what one uses to create an aesthetically pleasing work.