SESSION GUIDE IN

ARTS GRADE 7

OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the session the participants should be able
to:
a. Identify the elements of arts and the principle of designs
through art appreciation.
b. Analyze the fundamental elements and principles of designs
through sample art forms. (drawing and painting)
c. Create a composition that show elements and principles of
design using a still life drawing and painting.

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Activity #01
Let’s Practice
Time allotted: 5 min.
A. Follow the given instruction.

Cover the circle using horizontal

lines

Shade the box diagonally from

light to dark

Shade the heart using Scumbling

Technique
Elements
of Art
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The ingredients
for a great
Composition.
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 LINE VALUE TEXTURE

SHAPE FORM SPACE COLOR

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 LINE
A mark drawn by a tool such as a pencil,
pen, or paintbrush as it moves across a
surface.
Lines can be:
L o n g or short
Thick or thin
Rough or smooth
Broken or solid

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 A line is a path that a point takes through space. Lines
can be thick, thin, dotted or solid. They can make straight
movements, zig-zags, waves or curls.

They may be horizontal

vertical

diagonal

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Lines can convey emotion as well. They may show
excitement, anger, calmness, tension, happiness and many
other feelings. Because of this, some are said to be
expressive.

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Horizontal Lines are generally restful, like the
horizon, where the sky meets the land.

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Vertical lines seem to be reaching, so they may seem
inspirational like tall majestic trees or church steeples.

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Diagonal lines tend to be disturbing. They suggest decay
or chaos like lightening or falling trees.

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Expressive Lines tend to be found in nature and are very
organic.

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Other lines that are very measured, geometric, directional and
angular are called Constructive lines. They tend to appear to be
man-made because of their precision.

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 SHAPE
Shape is created when a line becomes
connected and encloses space. It is the
outline or outward appearance of something.
Shapes are 2 Dimensional (2-D) which means
there are 2 ways they can be measured.
You can measure its HEIGHT and its
WIDTH.

There are two basic types of shape.

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• The 2 types of shape
Geometric shapes have smooth even edges
and are measurable. The include the square,
the circle, the triangle and the rectangle.

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Organic shapes have more complicated edges and
are usually found in nature. Leaves, flowers,
amoeba, etc.

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 FORM
A Form is a shape that has become 3-
Dimensional (3-D) Form has HEIGHT,
WIDTH and DEPTH--which is the 3rd
dimension. Depth shows the thickness of the
object. Forms are NOT flat like shapes are.

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Turning Shapes into Forms
A triangle becomes a cone or a pyramid

A square becomes a cube

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 Turning Shapes into Forms
A rectangle can become a box or a
cylinder.

In order to turn a circle into a sphere, you must shade it. You
can’t add another side to it!

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 COLOR
Color can add interest and reality to artwork. The use of a 12-
step color wheel will help us understand color more effectively.
When light is reflected through a prism, colors can be seen.

These colors are: Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Indigo, Blue

and Violet
Remember the anagram: ROY G BIV

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 Color Wheel
A long time ago, artists decided
that these colors would be more
useful to them if they were
placed in a wheel fashion. This
became known as the color
wheel.

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There are 3 primary colors:

Red, Yellow and Blue

These colors are primary for 2 reasons:

1. They can’t be mixed to be made

2. They make all the other colors on the color wheel

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 When you mix 2 primary colors together, you get a
secondary color.
For example:
Red and Yellow= Orange

Red and Blue= Violet

Yellow and Blue= Green

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When you mix a primary and a secondary color

together you get an intermediate color.
For example:

Red and Orange= Red-Orange

Yellow and Green= Yellow-Green
Blue and Green= Blue-Green
Red and Violet= Red-Violet
Yellow and Orange= Yellow-Orange
Blue and Violet= Blue-Violet

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 Color schemes
Color is divided into groups
based on the way they are
placed on the color wheel:
3-4 colors “next-door-
neighbors” to each other
creates an analogous color
scheme

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 Color schemes
2 colors that are
directly opposite each
other (going across the
center) creates a
complementary color
scheme

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Color schemes
A Split-Complementary
color scheme is a harmony
of color and that features a
base color and two colors on
either side of its
complement.

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Color schemes
A Triadic color scheme uses 3 colors that are equally
spaced apart on the color wheel

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TEMPERATURE

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 Colors have temperatures
Colors can convey emotion and feelings too.

Have your ever felt “blue?”

Been “green’ with envy?
Called a “yellow” coward?

It is important that artists understand the effects of

color when they are trying to get the viewers of their art
to feel a particular way.

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 Warm colors are
those that have Reds,
Yellows and Oranges.
Warm colors seem to
advance (or come
forward) in an artwork.

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 Cool colors are those
that have Blues,
Greens and Violets.
Cool colors seem to
recede (or go back
into) an artwork.

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Color can be described by its
Properties:
Hue
Intensity
Value

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 HUE

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 HUE
• The actual color, or the
identity of a color.

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INTENSITY

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 INTENSITY
• is the brightness or dullness of a
color
• is a color’s strength, saturation,
purity

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VALUE
Value is the lightness or A light source is the place
darkness of a color. Value makes where the light is coming
objects appear more real because from, the darkest areas are
it imitates natural light. When always on the opposite
showing value in a work of art, side of the light.
you will need a LIGHT
SOURCE.

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 VALUE
In order to have a successful
drawing, you will need to show a full
value range, which means that there
are very light areas, middle tones, and
very dark areas. This is a way of
giving a work of art Contrast.
In drawing value can be added
several ways:

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 Color Value
When you use only one color plus its tints and
shades, you are using a monochromatic color
scheme.

A tint is a color plus white

A shade is a color plus black

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 TEXTURE
Texture is the way the
surface of an object
actually feels.

In the artistic world, we

refer to two types of
texture---tactile and
implied

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TACTILE OR REAL
• is the way the surface of
an object actually feels.
Examples would be
sandpaper, cotton balls,
tree bark, puppy fur, etc.

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 IMPLIED
Implied Texture is the way the
surface of an object looks like it
feels. This is the type of texture
that artists use when they draw
and paint. Textures may look
rough, fuzzy, gritty, or scruffy, but
can’t actually be felt.

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 SPACE
The distance
around,
between,
above, below,
and within an
object.
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 Positive and Negative space is a
way that an artwork is divided.
When planning a work of art, both
areas must be examined so that
they balance one another.
Drawing items running off the
page and zooming in on objects
are ways to create visual interest
within a work.

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 Space is basically divided into 3 parts: Foreground,
Middle Ground and Background

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 Space can be shallow or deep depending on what the artist
wants to use. Shallow space is used when the artist has objects
very close to the viewer.

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Deep Space
may show
objects up
close but
objects are
shown far
away
too.

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 Perspective is also a way of
showing space in a work of art.
Perspective is when the artist uses
a vanishing point on the horizon
and then creates a sense of deep
space by showing objects getting
progressively smaller as they get
closer to the vanishing point.

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Objects may overlap as well. When objects are overlapped it is
obvious that enough space had to be in the picture to contain all
the objects that have been included.

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The Principles
of Art
What we use to organize
the Elements of Art,
or the tools to make art.
 BALANCE
EMPHASIS
RHYTHM
UNITY & VARIETY
SCALE & PROPORTION

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 BALANCE

The way the elements are arranged to

create a feeling of stability in a work.
Symmetrical Balance

The parts of an image are organized

so that one side mirrors the other.
Asymmetrical Balance

When one side of a composition does

not reflect the design of the other.
 Radial Balance

 is any type of balance based on a circle

with its design extending. from center. 
EMPHASIS

The focal point of an

image, or when one
area or thing stand
out the most.
 CONTRAST

A large difference between two

things to create interest and tension.
 RHYTHM
and
MOVEMENT
A regular repetition
of elements to
produce the look and
feel of movement.
 PATTERN
and Repetition

Repetition of a design.
 UNITY

When all the

elements and
principles
work together
to create a
pleasing
image.
 VAR TYIE

A principle of design
concerned with
diversity or contrast.
Variety is achieved
by using different
shapes,sizes, and/or
colors in a work of
art.
 PROPORTIO N

The comparative
relationship of
one part to
another with
respect to size,
quantity, or
degree; SCALE.
Movement A principle of
design used to
create the look and
feeling
of action and to
guide the viewer’s
eye throughout the
work of art.
 Unity or Elements Of Art
Works Together,
Harmony The Result Is
Harmony.
- is the visually
satisfying effect of
combining similar,
related elements.
For instance:
adjacent colors on
the color wheel,
similar shapes etc.
Gradation A way of combining
elements by using a
series of
gradual changes in those
elements. (large shapes
to
small shapes, dark hue
to light hue, etc)
Difference between Sketching,
Drawing, and Painting
Sketching is to make a brief and a basic
drawing. One can draw a sketch on a piece of
paper, in order to describe a drawing briefly
and with very few details.
- It is a process where an artist creates a
picture using shades of light and dark with
a pencil or charcoal.
- It is a way of expression that one is
imagining something in the mind and put it
into the piece of paper so that it can be
converted into the perfect drawing.

Generally an unfinished work

 Drawing is a two-
dimensional artwork created
from lines or tone that is
dominated by a dry medium
but can include wet
mediums such as ink, and
washes of paint.
painting is an artwork
created using pigments (color) on a surface
(ground) such as paper or canvas. The pigment
may be in a wet form, such as paint, or a dry
form, such as pastels.
 Drawings are made by
using LINES, and
Paintings are done by
using SMUDGES or STAINS.
You can use a paint brush dipped
in oil color on canvas, but if you
use only lines as a main form it
will still be considered a drawing.
Likewise, you can use pastels and
crayons, but if you smudge them
so the boundaries are not easily
discerned, it would be considered
as a painting.
How to draw using a
Still Life techniques
Activity #02
– Draw the subject below using the pencil and paper (drawing)

Activity #03
– Copy your work in another paper using a paint (painting)
Thank
You