Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Artists have explored many styles and have used many different techniques to create art. Art techniques A Airbrushing technique Aerial perspective technique Acrylic painting techniques Aging (artwork) technique Aquatint Assemblage (art) technique Animation (digital art) B Basse-taille enameling technique Burnishing Freehand brush work C Camaïeu technique Cast paper Ceramic forming techniques Cerography Champlevé Chiaroscuro technique Cloisonné Collage Contour drawing technique Contour rivalry Crosshatching D Dalle de verre Décollage technique Digital painting technique Distressing technique Divisionism technique Drip painting Droste effect Drybrush Dye-sublimation technique E Embossing technique Encaustic (hot wax) painting technique En résille enameling technique Etching technique F Fat over lean Faux painting Fingerpaint Fresco Froissage Fresco-secco G Gilding technique Glassblowing Glaze (painting technique) Gongbi Gradation Grattage Grisaille H Haboku Hierarchical proportion I Illusionistic ceiling painting Impasto Intaglio (printmaking) technique Ink wash painting technique J K Keum-boo gilding technique L Linocut technique Lithography Lost-wax casting M Metalcut technique Mosaic art technique Multidimensional art Mural Painting technique N Nerikomi artistic technique O Oblique projection P Paint by number Paper craft Pholage artistic technique Plique-à-jour enameling technique Pointillé technique Pointillism Pouncing technique Q R Rapid visualization graphic artist technique Relief art technique Relief printing technique Repoussé and chasing technique Resin art technique S Scratchitti graffiti Scratchboard Screen printing technique Screentone texture technique Sfumato technique Shading Sgraffito technique Spray painting technique stippling still life T Tarashikomi Texture (painting) Transfer technique (drawing) Trompe-l'œil technique U Underpainting V Verdaille (green shades technique) W Watercolor painting Welded sculpture technique Wet-on-wet Wire sculpture Wood engraving technique Woodblock printing (Moku hanga) technique X Y Z ZENTANGLE See also Art movement Creativity techniques Hockney–Falco thesis Kalliroscope List of art media List of artistic media List of art movements List of most expensive paintings List of most expensive sculptures List of sculptors References Art Art methods