Art and Design

ART AND DESIGN SENIOR ONE SELF STUDT 2. List down at least three things you like design: Art response and Art making.
MATERIAL about the cup/mug or the bowl. 3. You study art and design to fit in the 21st
Lesson 1 3. If you have a chance of adding something century requirements of: Critical thinking
Theme: Art Theory on your cup/mug or bowl what would you and problem solving, creativity,
Topic: Appreciation of Art and Design add on? collaboration, and communication
4. There are many careers associated with
Art response is a theoretical recalling, the study of Art.
Introduction understanding and communicating knowledge
Art and design is a subject made of two forms of in a clear and coherent manner. Appreciation
creativity; Art and Design. To clearly understand involves describing what you see, discussing how Lesson 2
this subject you need to know what is art and what an object was done in terms of colour, shape or
is design. Art is a diverse range of human activities texture. Project Theme: Decorative arts
or feeling to creating visual objects (artworks).
The other method is creating or making something Topic: Making Collage
In the general form, the activities of art include
painting, sculpture and architecture. A design is a out of the available materials using handy tools.
Introduction
plan to do something with a specific purpose or It is practical and skill based. Art making is the
Collage is a technique of creating decorative art
the process to form a product. You will be doing application of knowledge and skills (selection
works sticking together pieces of one material
both; a skilful plan or process and a creation of and control of materials, media and processes) to
of different sizes, shapes, colours, values and
objects hence the study of “art and design”. create an object. Creating is designing. You will
textures. These materials may be cut, torn, folded,
make your own designs as you go through several
twisted or woven and later on glued or pasted on
Why do we learn Art and Design? activities of art making. The Design language has
a hard flat surface. Materials used commonly is
There is a good reason for you to study art and three basic parts: form, colour, and concept.
paper, textile or natural plant fibers.
design. You will begin to understand why things
are created and their value to society. You will Form Is the composition of the You will practice the making of collage to develop
fundamental elements of design. It
learn Art and Design to: the your planning skills through; Planning
is the way things look like-the shape,
proportion, balance, and harmony appropriate compositions for the given task
i. develop your creativity of the parts (relationship between following a theme, carrying out research and
ii. communicate using visuals them).
make use of information and available materials
iii. develop your understanding about cultures Colour plays an important part of adding to create artworks, and creating and presenting
and variety and mood as well as spatial
dimension. artistic ideas based on a technique of collage to
iv. connect your learning to the society.
Concept is the idea or thought behind a suit decorative purposes.
Practicing art and design activities will develop design, the processes that artists go
through to find an artistic solution to There are several ways of expressing ideas to serve
your mental (cognitive) and employment the problem. different purposes. Decorative art is one way artists
(vocational) skills so that you can compete in These components are what constitutes the produce works. In this project you are going to
the 21st century. The 21st century requires you to language of design. learn how to use the visual elements and principles
possess the following key competences:
(line, shape, colour, value, form, texture and space)
Art and design has several areas of study called to make a decorative artwork of Collage. You will
• Critical thinking and problem solving art disciplines. Do you remember them? For go through stages of art making called a process.
• Creativity example there is drawing, painting, graphic design
• Collaboration and others. Each discipline is meant to produce Resources
• Communication different artworks for the society. These areas of You will need:
art turn into careers of which you may become • Note book, pencils, coloured pencils
The language of design one. • Paper, hard paper, glue, strings, cutters
• Any found or discarded materials or objects
Just as a child learns a language in order to Practice • Paints and brushes if possible
communicate with the community, an Art student
Activity 1.2 Careers in Art and Design • Computer with internet if possible
needs to learn a different language of visual Arts.
Art is a language used to communicate in two 1. In your art book draw a table with three
ways of Art response and Art making. When columns. Technique
you look at something, you will like or dislike its 2. Label the columns as art discipline, art form In collage, objects or pieces of paper, fabric,
appearance. You will somehow appreciate it by and career respectively. or other materials are pasted onto a surface to
describing it; Is it small or big, colourful, pleasant 3. Fill the table with at least six disciplines of art create a work of art. When planning your collage
or frightening? Appreciation is a response to an and its corresponding art forms and career consider such things as:
artwork. Overlapping: The sticking of a second layer of
Remember:
1. Art is a visual language with many dialects. materials over the first so that parts of the past of
Practice
Design is one of them. the first layers are exposed while other parts are
Activity 1.1 Appreciating art 2. There are two ways of studying Art and not.
1. Look for a cup/mug or a bowl in your home.

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Interpenetration: The sticking of layers of material the collage work. • Use glue to firmly hold the paper cuttings
so that it moves above, then under, a previous • Collect and or prepare materials (natural and to the base on which you work. Begin
layer, then above it again. man- made) needed for your collage activity. by sticking first layer of pieces into their
• Experiment to improve as you create new positions. Paper does not require much glue.
Variation: The use of different shapes, sizes, and ideas and ways for doing your own work. A clear –drying glue is recommended. As
colour schemes of your pieces that adds interest. you build up the layers, take care to avoid
Have you got an idea of what you want to do?
Sometimes you will have so many ideas but sticking pieces before techniques of folding,
Gradation: The subtle shifts in an element of art,
you have to pick the most interesting one after overlapping or inter-penetration are applied.
for instance, the use of tones of a colour. Or the
increase in the size of shapes used in a design. sketching. 6. Finish the art work
Study figure 1.1 to appreciate how the technique • See that all edges are well stuck. Again, work
of collage making was applied. 2. Select the topic/theme or brief carefully to avoid glue or paint where they
are not needed. Keep flat and in a dry place,
• Choose an object, topic or theme (if not
pinned to a flat surface, and allow to dry for
given) that is simple to design.
some minutes.
• Create more than one drawing to open up
your imagination. 7. Present the art work
• Be sure to autograph (signature) your
3. Create the design
decorative piece. This may be done
• From your research and sketching, select
anywhere, but best at the lower left or right
pictures of the theme or subject you will use.
side.
• Sketch appropriate compositions for the
• Your work will look complete with a frame
collage following an artistic plan of elements
around it.
and principles.
• Once you have selected, decide on the
size of the surface or base for your art Create
work. Collage requires a hard paper base, Task: The whole world is fighting to survive the
preferably white paper, card or hard board. killer virus. Thousands of people have died of this
4. Transfer the design virus. Information regarding the causes and control
Figure 1.1 Sample work of • Reproduce you design drawing on the base. of this disease has been circulating in newspapers
Collage Do this by cutting out the paper drawing, and audio-visual media. Make a research in the
placing it on your base and tracing its print media on the subject and following the
Collage Making Process outline on the base. design process, create a Paper Collage artwork
1. Research on decorative art -making • Draw out the objects you wish to represent. based on a theme “The tales of Covid- 19”. The
technique and processes You may use coloured pencils to guide you intention is to document and communicate the
in the location of your colours. horrors of the virus to the public.
This is finding about something. You have to
5. Create the artwork When you finish working show your Collage work
make use of the available information as a base
• Cut or tear out your material into small to your parents and other family members. What
to your artistic development.
pieces. Separate them by layers, then by do the family members say about your art work?
• Make a plan of translating your ideas or the designs for each layer. Use little glue to Where can your art work be exhibited? How can
imaginations into tangible work of a sketch. temporarily hold the pieces as you build up you improve to make it a career for you to earn
• Have a reason as to why you want to create the design. from your art?

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