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How do you know what an artwork is expressing?
Perceive – to become deeply aware – read into it• Take a moment to look at the piece• Ask questions
What’s going on in this picture?
What do I see that makes me think that?
How do I know that from this picture?
What else can I find?
express personal feelings
• Personal
• Social
• Spiritual
• Functional
• Educational
What is the Purpose of Art?
Created to record history before written language, images describe what people did
Things you wear, use, and live in
Expresses spiritual beliefs
To share a sense of identity in a community, family, or group
What is Art?• A visual expression of an idea
created with skill
Art is a form of Communication!
Art is a language used to express ideas or feelings everyday words cannot
express.
Why is Art important?
Lascaux
The basic parts of all art works.
-the foundation of knowledge that will help you understand and create powerful drawings.
Line – a mark that has length and width.
• The direction or style of a line can convey different meanings.
Hakuin Pablo Picasso
Doze Green
Shape – (2-D) two dimensional FLAT enclosed space that has length and width No depth
• Geometric or Organic
Star Wallowing BullAnne Liebowitz
Value – the range of lights to darks
• Value creates the illusion of form and depth
Charles White
Dark, medium, light
Peter Paul Rubens
Color – what the eye sees when light is reflected off of an object
• The most powerful element of art
• Impacts the mood or emotion in a artwork
• 2 Categories– Warm – Cool
Bright, dull,
Dark, light
Color Wheel
Mary Cassatt
Color Pencil
Space- the distance between, around, above, below, and within things.
• Can be Positive or Negative• The illusion of depth, Deep, Shallow, full, empty
Overlapping, Placement, Size, Perspective
William Kentridge
Salvador Dali
Barbara Hepworth
Texture –the way things feel, or look as though they might feel, if touched.
• Surface quality – surface texture
• Actual Texture – real
• Implied Texture - fake Albrecht Durer
What is one BiG thing to remember about the Elements of ART?
We have covered. . .
• What the elements are
• What they look like
• How they can be used
Ok- Now what about the process of making the Art?
What is the Artistic Process?
The steps an artist goes through as he/she creates.
1. Know –Vocabulary and techniques
2. Come up with the Concept and idea
3. Make the Project
4. Critique – Reflect - Get feedback
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2.
3.
The building blocks of ART - the basic parts
-the foundation of knowledge that will help you understand and create powerful drawings.
A system of organizing the elements of art.
The way the building blocks are arranged
Balance – visual stability between the parts of the image – equal weight
SYMMETRICAL ASYMMETRICALSame Different
Unity – when an art work has a sense of oneness or wholeness (all parts work together
well)
Contrast – using elements to create differences in line, shape, color, etc
Romare BeardenPaul Gauguin 1838-1903
Emphasis – placing greater attention/focus on an area or object in an
artwork.
Francisco GoyaExecution of the Defenders of Madrid
Pattern – planned or random repetitions to enhance an artwork
Movement – arrangement of elements that causes the eye to move through the
artwork
Rhythm – repeated elements that move the eye through the art work. Flow
3.2.1 Reflection
• 3 Principles that you think are most important to make good work.
• 2 reasons why the above listed principles are important.
• 1 thing you will remember beyond today.
Reflect
Which of the elements and principles do you think are most important?
Why?