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MATERIALS Acrylics Bronze Chalk Charcoal Clay Crayon Easel Gouache Ink Marble Mixed media Oils Pastel Pencil Pigment Tempera WatercolourELEMENTS Colour Composition Contrast Line Shape Subject Texture Theme ToneMETHODS Brushwork Calligraphy Carving Ceramics Collage Drawing Engraving Etching Foreshortening Fresco Gilding Glassblowing Impasto Painting Perspective Photography Pointillism Pottery Printmaking Relief Screenprint Sculpture Silhouette Sketch Stencil Wash WoodcutMOVEMENTS Abstract Ancient Egyptian Ancient Greek Ancient Roman Baroque Cubism Expressionism Fauvism Futurism Impressionism Modernism Neoclassicism Pop art Post-Impressionism Realism Renaissance Romanticism Surrealism Symbolism Ukiyo-eART STYLES Animation Cartoon Conceptual Graffiti Graphics Hieroglyphs Illusion Illustration Installation Kinetic Land Miniature Mosaic Mural Performance Portrait Prehistoric Primitivism Scape Still life TextilesPLACES Auction Exhibition Gallery Museum Studio Workshop

About the Author

Susie Hodge has written over 100 books on art, art history and artistic techniques, including I Know an Artist, Art Quest: Classic Art Counterfeit, What Makes Great Design, Modern Art Mayhem, Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That, Art in Detail and Modern Art in Detail. In addition, she hosts lectures, talks and practical workshops, and regularly appears on television and radio, as well as in documentaries. She has twice been named the No. 1 art writer by the Independent.Marcos Farina is an Argentine graphic designer and illustrator. He has a degree in graphic design from the University of Buenos Aires. He also studied visual arts, specializing in handmade printing techniques.