Oil Painting

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss. Bring that added luxury of an oil painting into your home.

Japanese / Chinese Painting

Japanese / Chinese painting is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Oriental arts, encompassing a wide variety of genre and styles. Traditional techniques include; mud painting on Japanese paper, natural pigment painting also on Japanese paper. Recently new modern technics have taken hold and enhanced the more traditional style. The combination of the old and new styles fast becoming popular. Such as adding a scroll painting (Kakejiku) and /or Fusuma painting to a modern design.

Acrylic

Acrylic paint is fast-drying paint containing pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion. It becomes water-resistant when dry. Painted on canvas, it can resemble an oil painting, on paper, it can resemble a watercolor. It's easy to use and has various characteristic. One of the merits is a more reasonable price than a oil painting. Acrylic paint is used for masterpieces such as Bali classical painting and representative painting by Australian Aborigine.

Watercolor

Watercolor painting is the medium or the resulting artwork, in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. As you may know, young and old enjoy it. Watercolor paintings show high clarity. A glaze is also one of the characteristics. It will depend on the amount of water added, from a light color, once applied it has many variations.

Pastel/Crayon/Conte/Colored Pencil

Soft lines and colors are the features. Light up your space and bring new life to a lonely dark wall. Often this type of work is child like in design but it can be sophisticated enough for your favorite space.

Pencil/Pen/Charcoal

A few things in common, often used for rough sketches and for monotone creations. However, they have slightly different characteristics such as; sharp lines and gradients. Suitable for any space, a piece that will transmit a quiet quality.

Digital Image

Digital Image created using a computer and high end software (art) programs to create one of a kind art.

*For digital images, ART-Meter asks you to write a serial number with your signature on the top or back side of your work.Your work will be recognized as an original (no other copies exist with the number).

*We do not accept any duplicated works made with copy machines.

Tempera

Classical technique using pigment added egg yolk with vinegar. Bright coloration is one of the characteristics.

Oil Stick

Pigment stick bound with wax and oil. Also used for design of oil painting.

Airbrush

An airbrush works by passing a stream of fast moving air through a venturi, which creates a local reduction in air pressure that allows paint to be pulled up from an interconnected reservoir at normal atmospheric pressure. It can create fine line drawing and gradation, which is difficult for brush.

Marker Pen

Marker pens include both oil-based (thinner or alcohol) and water-based (dye or pigment) have a variety of colors and tip-styles.

Ink and Wash Painting (Suibokuga)

Paintings only in black ink in various concentrations. Mainly they are painted on scroll pictures and colored papers. They will create "wabi sabi" atmosphere in your Asian taste room.

Paint

Though generally speaking, paint means oil-based pigment, some are water-based. Characteristic resembles acrylic and when dry it becomes water-resistant.

Print Art

Pulled pictures using blocks. Here print art means wood print, copper engraving, silk screen, lithograph, drypoint, aquatint and all the pictures printed using blocks.

Canvas with Frame

A canvas that has been stretched and / or attached usually to 2x2’s or similar sized of pieces wood to form a inside frame. This is the most popular framing technique for a variety of reasons such as; it shows the colour well and keeps the quality of the workmanship. People enjoy this type of framing as it is very easy to hang and if they desire they can simply attach an outside or normal type of frame.

Canvas without Frame

This is usually a plain woven fabric of canvas, rolled canvas, or cut canvas. If you wish frame these paintings using your own special frame.

Wood Panel

The artist has painted directly on the wood panelIt or fused a paper using water to the wood panel.

Paper

There are a variety of papers, such as; Japanese paper, colored paper, kent paper, watercolor paper, torinoko paper, a print form and Chinese paper.

Canvas Board

It is a Veneer board or cardboard topped with either a fiberglass or resin cloth then painted using plastic paint.

Wooden Board

It is a wooden board, a board, plaster board and so on.

Other

If there are no components that corresponds to the above list.