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Painter
* Many painters combine different genres and styles of art within a single painting.
* Many painters work from the top left down to the canvas bottom
  - outdoors
* Most painters lose themselves in the mechanics of the architectural form
  - reject the idea of working with a formula and prefer to work with intuition
* Most painters use a combination of direct and indirect painting
  - bright acrylic paints to minimize the toxic effects of enamel paints
  - perspective
  - work on paintings
* Some painters add carnauba wax as a hardener or microcrystalline wax as a plasticizer
  - drink milk
  - live on diets
  - specialize in a particular type of painting
  - transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun
  - work in factories.
  * The powder is made from different chemicals. Some of the pigments come straight from natural things like clay. The pigment must be made wet by mixing it with something that will make it stick onto the surface and not come off easily. Some paints are just mixed with water. Other paints are mixed with oils or chemicals of different sorts. Most painters buy paint that is already mixed. House-painters use paint already mixed in large cans. Artists buy paint in tubes. Some artists buy dry pigment and mix it for themselves
* also apply other types of wall coverings besides paint, such as vinyl, fabric and aluminum
  - prepare surfaces to apply various types of wall coverings and materials
* are artists
  - capable of paint
  - lines
  - located in roofs
  - often self-employed artists, showing and selling their works in museums and galleries
  - poor and by earning thousands of dollars, they become drunk until they die
  - skilled workers
  - tradesmans
  - tradesmen and depend on their hands, legs, and eyes to earn their livelihood
  - very private people who work inside their heads, like fiction writers
* capture the beauty of a woman's body.
* experience unemployment.
* generally work with two-dimensional art forms.
* have a higher rate of injuries and illnesses than the national average
  - troubled relationship with shadows
  - one of the highest rates of injuries and illnesses of all occupations
  - something in common to other painters, especially if they know each other
  - cell membranes
  - nuclei
  - vacuoles
* is an advanced image creation and transformation tool used by many multimedia professionals
* make paintings on the walls of temples.
* often rotate or invert paintings to check balance and stability in the composition.
* paint with brushes.
* perform tasks.
* sometimes wear self-contained suits for protection.
* train themselves in inventing or, as they call it, composing.
* use details
  - oils, inks, or pastels to create pictures on materials such as wood or canvas
  - their medium to create an image rich in texture, shape, colour and emotion
* work with oil on masonite, wood supports or, less commonly, on canvas
+ Tamil people, Culture, Visual arts: Ethnic groups in Asia
  * Tanjore painting is the most important form of painting of Tamil people. This style of painting originated in the 9th century. In this style of painting, the painter paints on a piece of cloth. Sometimes, the painter also decorates the painting with threads of gold and silver, and precious gems. There is one other type of important painting style. Painters make paintings on the walls of temples. Tamil paintings use rich colors and show minute details.
+ Texture, Painting: Vocabulary :: Sensory system
  * Painters talk about the texture of paintings. This can be seen clearly in Pointillism which is a way of painting by using lots of little dots. This gives the painting a very interesting texture.

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Abstract artist
* draw their pictures spontaneously.
* use soft, loose brush strokes to bring out the main object in a picture.