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Different Types of Paintings & Characteristics of Paintings
Different Types of Paintings & Characteristics of Paintings
The art of painting is largely used and loved by people all over the world....

The art of painting is largely used and loved by people all over the world, this art can be used in the depiction of a wide range of subjects namely portrait of a person, drawing a scenic view of giant mountains, sketching of lush green landscapes, painted portraits or symbolic representations. The art of painting is a very keen work that is designed on a surface by using different types of colours and thereby developing a beautiful craft. It can also be said that the art of painting almost covers every emotion and feeling of a person. A brilliant artist can easily carve out a very beautiful artwork using the painting resources. In this art hand to eye coordination is a must through which one can easily draw on the surface what the mind specifies.

Painted Portraits come in different varieties and thus vary in cost depending on parameters of a painting such as size of the painting, type of colours involved, quality of surface being used and several after works such as finishing etc. There are many types of paintings such as fresco, graffiti, water colour painting, oil painting etc. In an oil painting art most of the colours that are used in the art are not pure but a mixture of colours with the oil which acts as binder. For example cadmium yellowish colour in an oil painting is a warm colour having a touch of orange where as a lemon yellow colour is considered as a cool colour due to the greenish pigments in it.

There are many advantages of painted portraits some of which are you get to select any form of painting from a wide variety and create a beautiful painting of yourself or a family portrait. You can also choose to change the background of the painting with beautiful landscapes and blue sky. An oil painting is widely used in painting portraits as it can add much more beauty to the art.