Mediums and Techniques in Visual Art
Class 9 · Arts
4 ideas in Class 9 Arts, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.
What Is a Medium
Part of: Art mediums
Medium names the materials, tools and processes behind visual art. Six broad areas organise them: drawing and painting, printmaking, sculpture, textile crafts, paper crafts and digital art. Today's pottery and metal casting stretch back over five thousand years, and survival from earth-pigment caves to digital screens proves deep material mastery.
Why it matters. Naming stuff and steps helps choose rightly for each artwork.
Try it in two minutes
- Define medium.
- Name six art areas.
- State the pottery age.
Try at home. Sort home art items into six areas.
Charcoal, Pastels and Oils
Part of: Art mediums
Charcoal draws soft and dark but dusts hands, faces and clothes, arriving in grades students compare. Oil paint smells strong while turpentine thinner stings eyes, amazing young artists that masters endure it. Oil pastels please with creamy colour, and dry pastels echo charcoal's touch without the dust.
Why it matters. Knowing each stick's temper tames mess and fumes.
Try it in two minutes
- Praise two charcoal traits.
- Name two pastel kinds.
- Warn about turpentine.
Try at home. Sketch outdoors with charcoal.
Care and Storage
Part of: Art mediums
Brushes demand instant washing with soap, reshaped bristles dried flat or upright. Tubes close tight and markers cap fast against drying, while dirty or oily fingers never touch artworks. Inks, acrylics and turpentine waste leave responsibly. Paper, canvas and drawings rest dry and flat; cutters, scissors, needles and sculpting sharps box away from children, animals and the vulnerable; food and water stay distant lest fungi feast.
Why it matters. Cared tools and stores protect art, health and housemates.
Try it in two minutes
- Recite brush care.
- State two safety stores.
- Name one food rule.
Try at home. Organise one art drawer.
Headgear Crafts
Part of: Art mediums
Sikkim's Lepchas weave Sumok Thyaktuk bamboo hats for festivals and rites from cane threads, layering four patterned, symbolic weaves across a full month. West Bengal and Odisha carve Sholapith, Tamil Nadu calls it Netti, slicing the shola plant's milky spongy core into fine decor. Basketry, brass, wood, marble inlay, sikki grass, terracotta, Bidriware, jewels and embroidery enrich the same craft map.
Why it matters. Slow headgears crown culture with patience.
Try it in two minutes
- Name two traditions.
- Say who wears hats.
- Tell the pith source.
Try at home. Weave a mini bamboo hat.
What your child will practise
- Care and Storage: Candy Quest (Flip and Match)
- Care and Storage: Time Travel Quest (Collect the Answer)
- Charcoal, Pastels and Oils: Explorer'S Map Quest (Match It Up)
- Headgear Crafts: Ocean Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- What Is a Medium: Space Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Quiz: Care and Storage (8 questions)
- Quiz: Charcoal, Pastels and Oils (8 questions)
- Quiz: Headgear Crafts (8 questions)
- Quiz: What Is a Medium (8 questions)