Picture 1: It is an example of tempera. The vehicle used is water and the binder is egg yolk. Picture 2: It is an example of gouache. The vehicle is water and the binder is gum arabic.
An image which dramatizes and communicates an idea presupposes the use of a visual language. ... A diagram, a map, and a painting are all examples of uses of visual language. Its structural units include line, shape, colour, form, motion, texture, pattern, direction, orientation, scale, angle, space and proportion.