Artist International Gallery
| Acrylics | Synthetic paints combining some of the properties of oils and watercolor. Acrylics are soluble in water, quick-drying paints that can be used on a wide variety of surfaces to create effects ranging from thin washes to rich impasto. First used by artists in the 1940s, they are now a serious rival to oil paint. |
| Byzantine Icons | Russian Orthodox Church: an image or picture of Jesus, Mary, a saint, or a divine form venerated as sacred. Icons are prepared on gesso, which is gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared). |
| Giclée |
A printmaking process usually on an inkjet printer to make
very accurate
reproductions
of a photograph of a painting; the printer can produce a very wide range
of colors resulting in prints that are of very high quality.
The image is generated from a digital file and printed by special jets,
using ink, oil or acrylic paint. (pronounced "zhee-clay") reproductions were originally developed in 1989 as a plate-less method of fine art printing. The word Giclée is French for "to spray " and is a registered trade name of The 'IRIS' Printer. The images are scanned and digitally stored in a computer and sent directly to a high resolution printer. Unlike other printing methods, each image is sent to the printer individually. |
| Gouaches | Watercolor paintings made from an opaque watercolor with the paint usually applied to canvas or paper. Also, a work of art produced using gouache watercolors. |
| Gypsum | A common white or colorless mineral used to make plasters including plaster of Paris. |
| Oils | Paintings developed over time during the 15th and 16th centuries, with the technique or result of using paints made from pigments mixed with oil on a canvas. |
| Watercolors | Paintings in which the color is mixed with water producing light transparent works of art. |