Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. The final work is also called a painting.

Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, gesture (as in gestural painting), composition, narration (as in narrative art), or abstraction (as in abstract art). Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in a still life or landscape painting), photographic, abstract, narrative, symbolistic (as in Symbolist art), emotive (as in Expressionism), or political in nature (as in Artivism).

A portion of the history of painting in both Eastern and Western art is dominated by religious art. Examples of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery, to Biblical scenes Sistine Chapel ceiling, to scenes from the life of Buddha or other images of Eastern religious origin.

In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, as well as objects.

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Savannah College of Art and Design

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $38,340 average out-state tuition; $38,340 average in-state tuition

Pratt Institute-Main

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $53,566 average out-state tuition; $53,566 average in-state tuition

Rhode Island School of Design

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $55,220 average out-state tuition; $55,220 average in-state tuition

Boston University

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $58,560 average out-state tuition; $58,560 average in-state tuition

Maryland Institute College of Art

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $50,160 average out-state tuition; $50,160 average in-state tuition

Virginia Commonwealth University

Four or more years; Public; $32,742 average out-state tuition; $12,094 average in-state tuition

New York Academy of Art

Four or more years; Private not for profit

Scholarships for Painting Majors

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McKnight Doctoral Fellowship

Florida Education Fund

Up to $18,000 January 15, 2024 See Details
 

McKnight Doctoral Fellowship

Florida Education Fund

award

Up to $18,000

deadline

January 15, 2024
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Presidential Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement - Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

$16,000 November 15, 2023 See Details
 

Presidential Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement - Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

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$16,000

deadline

November 15, 2023
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Fine Arts Fellowship - Wabash College

Wabash College

Up to $15,000 Varies See Details
 

Fine Arts Fellowship - Wabash College

Wabash College

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Up to $15,000

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Pepper Visual Arts Scholarship

Davidson College

$15,000 January 11, 2024 See Details
 

Pepper Visual Arts Scholarship

Davidson College

award

$15,000

deadline

January 11, 2024
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Nordan Fine Arts Program Award - Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University

$10,000 Varies See Details
 

Nordan Fine Arts Program Award - Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University

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$10,000

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MFA Provost's Graduate Fellowship

University of Central Florida (UCF)

$10,000 Varies See Details
 

MFA Provost's Graduate Fellowship

University of Central Florida (UCF)

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$10,000

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DePaul University Art Scholarship

DePaul University

$10,000 February 01, 2024 See Details
 

DePaul University Art Scholarship

DePaul University

award

$10,000

deadline

February 01, 2024
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Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Up to $20,000 December 16, 2023 See Details
 

Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Up to $20,000

deadline

December 16, 2023
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Art Scholarship - Young Harris College

Young Harris College

Up to $8,000 Varies See Details
 

Art Scholarship - Young Harris College

Young Harris College

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Up to $8,000

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Honors Scholarship - Bethel College, Kansas

Bethel College - Kansas

$7,500 Varies See Details
 

Honors Scholarship - Bethel College, Kansas

Bethel College - Kansas

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$7,500

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