P/NE Glossary

other Carriers that we like (this list is not exhaustive)
 
Cardboard - pressed and formed wood pulp
Chip board - pressed wood pulp
Rice paper - paper made with mulberry fibers
Mat board - pulp or buffered acid free board used in picture framing
Tar paper - paper used in the construction trade, made with fibers and petro products
Tapa cloth - cloth like paper made in Polynesia from palm fibers
Rag paper - paper made from cotton fiber.
Antique paper - any paper made before our mothers were born.
Birch Bark - thin papery bark of the white birch tree.
Mylar - thin translucent plastic sheets used for architectural drawing
Papyrus - paper like sheets made in Egypt of the papyrus reed.
 

the Medium is any material used to make marks on paper such as (and again not exhaustive)

Oil paint - pigment in oil based carrier media
Acrylic paint - pigment in acrylic, a water based carrier media
Watercolor - transparent water based paint
Gouache - opaque water color paint mixed with gum arabic
Crayon - a dry hand held stick of color mixed with wax
Oil Stick - a crayon-like stick of oil paint
Magic Marker - quick drying, thin, colored ink in pen-like dispenser such as Sharpies
Silverpoint - a drawing stylus made from a nib of soft pure silver
Pastel - dry pigment with binder to form sticks of color
Crapas - pastel with an oil based binder
Ink - pigment suspended in water
Encaustic - pigment infused in wax and applied using heat to melt the medium
Charcoal - charred wood especially charred grape vine
Graphite - pure carbon in stick form
Pencil - graphite embedded in wood
 

various Techniques (some)

Drawing - a picture made from any of a number of materials such as pencil, charcoal, oil paint or pastel
Wood Cut - an ink transfer process where the picture is created on a wooden plate, cutting with the grain,
Wood Engraving - an ink transfer process where the image is created by cutting wooded blocks on the end grain.
Etching - an ink transfer process using metal plates whose image is created by scratching through a varnished surface and etching with acid.
Engraving - an ink transfer process using metal plates whose image is created by engraving the surface.
Dry point - and image transfer process using a copper or plastic plate whose image is created by scratching the surface with a sharp tool.
Mezzotint - an image transfer process using a plate which has been entirely and evenly scratched using a crescent shaped rocker and whose image is created by burnishing the roughness out.
Lithograph - neither engraved nor etched but rather an image transfer process whereby an image is drawn on a smooth surface such as limestone or a metal plate with medium that just won’t mix (think oil and water) and which upon transfer creates the positive and negative space of an image
Silk screen - a stencil-like printing system whereby an image is created on stretched silk with varnish. Ink is then drawn across the stencil forming an image.
Potato prints - a woodcut like printing process using potato as the printing block.
Silly-putty color transfer print - just like it sounds.
Rubber stamping - raised images created in rubber and pressed onto paper with a small tool.
Collage - printed or blank paper cut or torn and glued to carrier paper to form an image.
Linoleum prints - an image transfer system like a wood cut but using grain-less linoleum for the plate instead of wood.
Monoprint - a printing system where a clean unmarked plate is used as a painting surface and after the image is finished it is transferred onto paper.