List Of Painting Techniques

The following is an alphabetical list of techniques used in painting. The list comprises devices used to introduce the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, methods of paint application, and different mediums chosen by the artist to create the desired visual effect.

• acrylic painting
• action painting
• aerial perspective
• anamorphosis
• camaieu
• casein painting
• chiaroscuro
• divisionism
• easel painting
• encaustic painting
• foreshortening
• fresco painting
• gouache
• graffiti
• grisaille
• impasto
• miniature painting
• mural
• oil painting
• panel painting
• panorama
• perspective
• plein-air painting
• sand painting
• scroll painting
• sfumato
• sgraffito
• sotto in su
• tachism
• tempera painting
• tenebrism
• tromp l’oeil