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Ch1 Lesson 2

This document provides an overview of key concepts for studying art, including elements, principles, psychology, and materials/techniques. It discusses line, shape, form, value, color, texture, light, and space as elements; and contrast, harmony, balance, rhythm/movement, unity/variety, emphasis/subordination, scale/proportion, depth/perspective as principles. It also explores representation vs. abstraction, Gestalt theory, and color psychology. Hands-on activities are suggested to experience these concepts firsthand.

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Ch1 Lesson 2

This document provides an overview of key concepts for studying art, including elements, principles, psychology, and materials/techniques. It discusses line, shape, form, value, color, texture, light, and space as elements; and contrast, harmony, balance, rhythm/movement, unity/variety, emphasis/subordination, scale/proportion, depth/perspective as principles. It also explores representation vs. abstraction, Gestalt theory, and color psychology. Hands-on activities are suggested to experience these concepts firsthand.

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ART APPRECIATION

CHAPTER 1: That’s Art, So What?


Lesson 2
How Do I Study Art? Making Art
OBJECTIVES:
• Learn how art communicates: colors, symbolic quality of shape,
line movement, quality of texture, the drama of lighting and many
others.

• Be able to read design principles behind some effective and


thought-provoking art forms and graphic designs.

• Explore materials and techniques through a firsthand experience.


Introduction
Have you ever watched something
being made: a time lapse of a building
construction, a short video on how to
bake muffins, a potter spinning his
wheel and pulling up clay to a shape
of a vase?
• This lesson will have three topics namely:
• Elements and Principles,
• Design Psychology and
• Materials and Techniques. These are meant to help you
have a first-hand experience on the creative process and
what goes on inside an artistic pursuit.
Activity 1
Instructions: Draw a tree but in different
methods:
• Draw using your non-dominant hand.
• Draw in a square world where everything is
square
• Draw using continuous lines.
• Color only the outside of the lines.
Activity 2

• How did they treat the material? How can you describe
their paintings in terms of its aesthetic appeal to you?
ELEMENTS OF ART
• LINE – can be expressive
and have quality of its
own.
ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE
• Scribbles
• Whimsical/naïve
• Implied
• Blurred
• Aggressive
• Calligraphic
ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE
• Scribbles
• Whimsical/naive
• Implied
• Blurred
• Aggressive
• Calligraphic
ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE
• Scribbles
• Whimsical/naive
• Implied
• Blurred
• Aggressive
• Calligraphic
ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE
• Scribbles
• Whimsical/naive
• Implied
• Blurred
• Aggressive
• Calligraphic
ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE
• Scribbles
• Whimsical/naive
• Implied
• Blurred
• Aggressive
• Calligraphic
ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE
• Scribbles
• Whimsical/naive
• Implied
• Blurred
• Aggressive
• Calligraphic
ELEMENTS OF ART
• SHAPE – can be
geometric, biomorphic
and/or amorphous; can
also be implied
ELEMENTS OF ART
SHAPE
• Geometric
• Biomorphic
• Amorphous
• Implied
ELEMENTS OF ART
SHAPE
• Geometric
• Biomorphic
• Amorphous
• Implied
ELEMENTS OF ART
SHAPE
• Geometric
• Biomorphic
• Amorphous
• Implied
ELEMENTS OF ART
SHAPE
• Geometric
• Biomorphic
• Amorphous
• Implied
ELEMENTS OF ART
• FORM – quality or
likeness of an entire
mass; employs
techniques such as
shading, perspective and
lighting.
ELEMENTS OF ART
• VALUE – lightness and
darkness of a hue or
color.
ELEMENTS OF ART
• COLOR – aka hue.
ELEMENTS OF ART
• TEXTURE – quality of
surface or visual
representation of those
qualities.
• Impasto
• Stamping
• Scratching (pottery)
• Embossing (print)
ELEMENTS OF ART
• LIGHT – creates the
illusion that color, form
and texture exist.

Chiaroscuro art
ELEMENTS OF ART
LIGHT

ARTIFICIAL

IMPLIED NATURAL
ELEMENTS OF ART
• SPACE – area where the
other elements can
interact.
• Negative vs. Positive
space
What is Representational, Abstract
Quick Facts: and Nonrepresentational art?

• Representational means it mimics what is real or


what can be seen. The image is recognizable as
interpreted by the artist.
• Abstract is a modified interpretation of something
that exists, but it becomes hardly recognizable.
• Nonrepresentational is purely concerned with
forms, shapes colors and the rest of the elements.
It does not represent any other subject matter
outside of itself.
What is Representational, Abstract
Quick Facts: and Nonrepresentational art?
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• CONTRAST – uses the
element of value to
create depth and
dimension. Light also
plays an important role
in creating good
contrast.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• HARMONY – elements are
related to each other in
terms of form, color,
theme, etc
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• BALANCE – Aesthetic quality of a work marked
by a sensible balance between two areas: right
and left; top and bottom.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT
– Creating a sense of
direction through
repetition of elements.
Movement direct the
viewer’s eye towards
something.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• UNITY AND VARIETY–
Elements should be seen
as a whole in unity;
variety still gives a sense
of wholeness but the
elements differ in some
aspects and provides more
interest to the work.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• EMPHASIS AND
SUBORDINATION – An
area or a specific subject
is given focus hence
other parts of the
picture are
subordinated.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• SCALE AND PROPORTION
– an appropriate use of
scale and proportion or
it can also be an
effective way of
changing the scale to
achieve a certain visual
goal. It also shows
relationship of the
object to the space.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• DEPTH AND PERSPECTIVE
– Shows three-
dimensionality of a
space through the use of
perspective lines and
vanishing points.
PSYCHOLOGY IN ART
• GESTALT THEORY –this strategy
tends to “sum up” an idea into
one iconic imagery. It often
plays with the negative and
positive space and makes use
of both.

design by Reigh Cabato


PSYCHOLOGY IN ART
• COLOR PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY IN ART
• COMPOSITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF LINES
AND SHAPES
a. Half circle - used in domes for some classical
paintings and even modern architecture,
symbolizes femininity because of its womb-like
shape. Since it has no corners, it also resonates
eternity.

b. Triangle - when used in a composition suggests


relationship.
PSYCHOLOGY IN ART
• COMPOSITIONAL FUNCTIONS
OF LINES AND SHAPES
c. Implied line or line movement in
a painting may intentionally lead a
viewer to a focal point of the
subject matter.
Quick Facts: What is a medium?

• It is the tool or the material used in realizing the


expression.
• In visual arts, this is the term for the materials
used in specific type of technique.
• Dry media - pencil, charcoal, or pastels.
• Wet medium – watercolor, acrylic paint.
• Non-conventional types - mixed media, computer
graphics and even found objects.
Application:
• Create your own logo, emblem or symbol based
on the guiding principles of art and psychology.
Refer to the module for detailed instructions.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
• 2-Dimensional: photography, drawing painting,
printmaking, etc.

• 3-Dimensional: found objects, casting and molding,


subtractive and additive sculpture

• Ephemeral: performance art and video art


Assessment:
• How do you think are these elements and principles coherent/parallel
with other art disciplines (music, dance, etc). Do you think it makes
sense why they are called elements and principles?
• Do you think it is necessary to study first these knowledge for a person to
be able to create a good work of art? Why or why not? Do these terms
pre-empt and artist’s experience through solid facts? Why or why not?
• What can you say about the experience of creating something for artistic
purpose? From the last activity you did, can the process help you to think
of a related concept or idea? If you were to use the products of the
application part, how and in what concern or issue? Challenge your mind
to think out of the box and compose something though-provoking.

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