Reading Visual Art - Lesson 2 (Elements of Art)
- 2. Agenda • Transition Activity: Hangman • Lesson Proper • Group Activity: Read & Understand Visual Art
- 3. Learning Outcomes At the end of the lesson the students are expected to; • Identify the elements of art. • Create and apply the technique in reading and understanding visual art.
- 6. Types Of Visual Art • Representational Art • Abstract Art • Non-objective Art Techniques in Mixed Media Art • Collage • Decalcomania • Decoupage • Frottage • Montage • Assemblage
- 7. Reading and Understanding Visual Art • Theme - relates to the meaning of painting, rather than the subject, which is specific and basic. • Mood – it is the atmosphere in the artwork or the feeling expressed. • Tone - refers to the lightness or darkness of colors used, which can help to create a sense of depth or distance in art.
- 9. Elements of Art It is the stylistic features that are included within the art piece to help the artist communicate. The elements of art are components or parts of a work of art that can be isolated and defined. They are building blocks used by artist to create a work of art. When analyzing these intentionally utilized elements, the viewer is guided towards a deeper understanding of the work.
- 10. Elements of Art 1. Line- a line is an identifiable path created by a point moving in space. It is one dimensional and can vary in width, direction, and length. Lines often define the edges of a form. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin. They lead your eye around the composition and can communicate information through their character and direction.
- 11. Elements of Art • Horizontal lines suggest a feeling of rest or repose because objects parallel to the earth are at rest. Horizontal lines also help give a sense of space. • Vertical lines often communicate a sense of height because they are perpendicular to the earth, extending upwards toward the sky.
- 12. Elements of Art • Diagonal lines convey a feeling of movement. Objects in diagonal position are unstable. Because they are neither vertical nor horizontal, they are either about to fall or are already in motion. • The Curve of the Line can convey energy. Soft, shallow curves recall the curves of the human body and often have a pleasing, sensual quality and a softening effect on the composition
- 13. Elements of Art 2-3. Shape and Form- define objects in space. Shapes have two- dimensions- height and width and usually defined by lines. Forms exist in three-dimensions, with height, width and depth.
- 14. Elements of Art • Shape is a close line. Shape can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic like free-form or natural shape. • Forms are often used when referring to physical works of art, like sculptures, as form is connected most closely with three dimensional works.
- 15. Elements of Art • Geometric shapes and forms includes mathematical, named shapes such as squares, rectangles, circles, cubes, spheres and cones. Geometric shapes and forms are often man- made. However, many natural forms also have geometric shapes.
- 16. Elements of Art • Organic shapes and forms are typically irregular or asymmetric. Organic shapes are often found in nature but man-made shapes can also imitate organic forms.
- 17. Elements of Art 4. Space - Real space is three- dimensional. Space in a work of art refers to a feeling of depth or three dimensions. It can also refer to the artist’s used of the area with the picture plane. The area around the primary objects in a work of art is known as negative space, while the space occupied by primary objects is known as positive space.
- 18. Elements of Art • Positive and negative space the relationship of positive to negative space can greatly affect the impact of a work of art. The space around objects is often called negative space; negative space has shape.
- 19. Elements of Art • Three-dimensional space the perfect illusion of three- dimensional space in a two dimensional work of art is something that many artists, such as Pieter Saenredam, labored to achieve.
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- 22. Elements of Art 5. Color - is an element consisting of hues, of which there are three properties; hue, chroma or intensity, and value. Color is present when light strikes an object and it is reflected back into the eye, a reaction to a hue arising in the optic nerve. Color has three main characters.
- 23. Elements of Art • Hue which is the distinguishable color, like red, blue, green or yellow. • Intensity describes the purity or strength of a color.
- 24. Elements of Art 6. Value describes the darkness of color. Artist use color value or create different moods.
- 25. Elements of Art 7. Texture- is used to describe the surface quality of the work, referencing the type of lines the artist created. The quality of an object that we sense through touch. It can be tactile (real) or strictly visual (implied).
- 26. Elements of Art In two-dimensional work of art, texture gives a visual sense of how an object depicted would feel in real life if touched: hard, soft, rough, smooth, hairy, leathery, sharp etc. In the three- dimensional works, artist used actual texture to add a tactile quality to the work.
- 27. What are the Elements of Art?
- 28. Group Activity In your small group, read and understand the given picture by applying the basic technique in reading and understanding visual art.
- 34. Asynchronous Task # 3 Among all the techniques in mixed media art we discussed such as collage, decalcomania, decoupage, frottage, montage, and assemblage. Choose and create one artwork you want to work as your own masterpiece and place it in 1/8 illustration board (portrait orientation) following the border/plate I shared with you. Submission will be on October 12, 2024.