Have you ever looked at a painting and noticed that its beauty is not a result of the subject itself–the person, scene, or landscape--but of the way the artist has painted the subject? Painters use different brush strokes, lighting, angles, and colors to create artwork. Often you can recognize a specific painter’s work by looking at the techniques, or special processes, that were used to make the painting. For instance, most adults can identify a painting by Picasso or van Gogh, regardless of the subject, because the techniques used by these artists are so defined. Click each painting to learn a little bit about that artist's "signature" technique.
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The fact that artists use different techniques to produce different results is one reason why art is so interesting. A paintbrush in the hand of five different painters will produce five very different results!
Question
Can you think of any other professions in which different techniques produce different “artistic” results?
