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The document outlines the principles of art, which serve as guidelines for organizing visual elements in artwork. Key principles include pattern, balance, emphasis, contrast, harmony, unity, variety, movement, proportions, and scale. The objective is to understand how these principles work together to create effective artwork, specifically through a project involving Philippine prehistoric traditional art.

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Activity Sheet 2

The document outlines the principles of art, which serve as guidelines for organizing visual elements in artwork. Key principles include pattern, balance, emphasis, contrast, harmony, unity, variety, movement, proportions, and scale. The objective is to understand how these principles work together to create effective artwork, specifically through a project involving Philippine prehistoric traditional art.

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SPECIAL PROGRAM IN THE ARTS

VISUAL ARTS 7
QUARTER 1 WEEK 2
Name: _________________________________________ Grade and Section: __________________

Activity Sheet No. 2 Date Answered: __________________

The Principles of Arts

Art principles are basically a collection of guidelines that are used to describe how the visual
elements are organized within an art piece. These principles maybe the closest thing we have to a set
of objective criteria for the analysis and assessment of art.

 Pattern
Pattern is a very important design term that refers to the visual arrangement of
repetitive-form or intelligible-sequence components. Pattern are not always simple. It could
be a simple underlying notan design that dances in some sort of sequence between the light
and the dark. And it could be using identical color patterns all over your painting.

 Balance
Balance is about the visual distribution or weight of the elements inside an art piece.
When one half is of the same visual weight as the other half a painting maybe balanced. Or
you may have a small area of elevated significance that is balanced against a much larger area
of less value.

 Emphasis
Emphasis is a way of utilizing elements in an artwork to stress a certain area.
Emphasis is just another way to describe your work of art as a focal point. There is a lot of
ways you can use emphasis in your work. This typically involves comparing different
elements against each other. A bright, red object, for instance, will stand out against a dull
grey background. And a straight line, with curved ones. Or a round object in between circular
ones.

 Contrast
Contrast is all about fashion. A work of art would be nothing but a blank wall,
without it. Contrast can come in many ways:

 Texture contrast: A comparison between textured and smooth.


 Color contrast (hue contrast): a contrast between light and dark, bright and dull or
complimentary colors.
 Detail contrast: A contrast between areas of detail and more bland areas.
 Shape contrast: A contrast between different shapes (rectangles and circles).
 Interval contrast: A contrast between long and short intervals.

 Harmony and Unity


Harmony is somewhat vague when compared to some other principles. It generally
refers to how all the elements work together in an artwork. Elements that are in harmony
should have some form of logical progression or relation. If there is an element that is not in
harmony with the rest of an artwork, it should be stick-out and look unpleasant.

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Unity refers to any form of relationship between all the visual elements in and art
piece. Like harmony, this is a bit of ambiguous concept which is difficult to use when
evaluating art critically.

 Variety
Variety refers to the usage of the visual elements with various characteristics or
instances. Variety can be used to break up repetitive or monotonous areas.

 Movement
Your paints cannot move physically, but paints can be arranged in a way that gives
the impression or appearance of motion.
The use of bold and spatial brushwork is one of the most powerful techniques for
creating movement in your painting. By doing so you can move your audience around the
painting as suggestively as you want. You may also recommend movement by repetition or
sequence.

 Proportions
Proportion concerns the connection in an artwork between the sizes of various pieces.
For instance, the width compared to the length, the area of the sky compared to the ground, or
the foreground area to the background.
Any proportions, such as the rule of thirds and the golden ratio, are seen to be
visually appealing.

 Scale
Scale refers to the size of an object when compared with the rest of the world. For
examples, a man’s size compared to the tree under which he sits, or the size of a mountain
compared to clouds. Scale is distinct from proportion in that scale refers to the size of an
entire object while proportion refers to the relative size of an object’s parts.

Directions: Create an artwork showing a Philippine prehistoric traditional art and design using the
different principles of art. Use any medium available in your area.

What Are The Principles Of Art (Or The Principles Of Design)?


In-text: (Scott, 2020)
Your Bibliography: Scott, D. (2020). What Are The Principles Of Art (Or The Principles Of
Design)?. Draw Paint Academy. Retrieved 4 July 2020, from
https://drawpaintacademy.com/principles-of-art/.

Objective: Understands the way principles of arts work together to create an artwork

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