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Painterly refers to the application of paint in a 'loose' or less than controlled manner, resulting in the appearance of visible brushstrokes within the finished painting

The range of colours used by an artist in making a work of art. It is also a thin wooden or plastic board on which an artist holds and mixes paint.

Pastel is a coloured drawing medium made from pure coloured pigment mixed with a binder to form a stick. The pastel particles sit loosely on the surface of the paper and can be blended using brushes, fingers, or other soft implements.

Pattern is one of the seven elements of art . It is a series of events, objects, or compositional elements that repeat in a predictable manner.

The term perspective refers to the representation of objects in three-dimensional space (i.e. for representing the visible world) on the two-dimensional surface of a picture

Photorealism is a painting style that emerged in Europe and the USA in the late 1960s, characterised by its painstaking detail and precision

Pointillism, in painting, is the practice of applying small strokes or dots of colour to a surface so that from a distance they visually blend together.

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s in America and Britain, drawing inspiration from sources in popular and commercial culture. Different cultures and countries contributed to the movement during the 1960s and 70s

A portrait is a representation of a particular person. A self-portrait is a portrait of the artist by the artist

The way a figure is positioned.

Post-impressionism is a term which describes the changes in impressionism from about 1886. The artists were unified by their interest in expressing their emotional and psychological responses to the world through bold colours and expressive, often symbolic images.

One of three base colours (blue, yellow and red) that can be combined to make a range of colours.

Proportion refers to the dimensions of a composition and relationships between height, width and depth. How proportion is used will affect how realistic or stylised something seems. Proportion also describes how the sizes of different parts of a piece of art or design relate to each other.