It was painted 40,000 - 52,000 years ago or earlier. The oldest known figurative painting is a depiction of a bull that was discovered in the Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave in Indonesia. Examples of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery, to Biblical scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, to scenes from the life of Buddha (or other images of Eastern religious origin). Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in still life and landscape painting), photographic, abstract, narrative, symbolistic (as in Symbolist art), emotive (as in Expressionism) or political in nature (as in Artivism).Ī portion of the history of painting in both Eastern and Western art is dominated by religious art. Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture (as in gestural painting), narration (as in narrative art), and abstraction (as in abstract art). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). “I love to look at art, I love to look at paintings, and I almost feel like the experience isn’t complete until I’ve made something of my own.An artistic depiction of a group of rhinos was made in the Chauvet Cave 30,000 to 32,000 years ago. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.” “A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy.
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” “The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.”Ī painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image. “I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” Frida Kahlo “If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” Vincent Van Gogh I think the life is the same.” Hiroko Sakai It will give the scene dramatical effects. Just make the colors around the spot darker and dull. “When you want to make the main color pure and bright, don’t just keep adding bright colors on it. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary” Pablo Picasso “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper “All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.” Bob Ross
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Feel free to borrow these images to share. These are a few of my favorite painting quotes from some of my favorite artists through the ages.
As an artist I often look to professional artists for tidbits of inspiration to help me get over a hump or work through a block. Quotes can uplift us, inspire, and send is in a new direction with just a few simple words of wisdom.