VISUAL ARTS 3.
NARRATIVE PURPOSES
- art form that is seen - to tell a story
- painting, drawing, sculpture, - used to illustrate and
printmaking ceramics, photography, describe experiences and
video making, film making, design, communicate ideas.
crafts, and architecture are forms of - Examples: The painting, The
visual arts. Expulsion of Heliodorus from
the temple.
READING VISUAL ARTS - Spoliarium by Juan Luna
- ability to read, analyze and critique (1884)
works of visual arts
- reading is the process of forming a 4. FUNCTIONAL VISUAL ARTS
perception based on the imagery, - to beautify things that can be
form and language of the text used in everyday life.
translated through experience of the - Arts can be used such as
reader furniture, pottery, and jewelry
that has a function.
VISUAL READING - Examples: tables, chairs,
- ability to find meaning through lamps, lights and crafted
imagery furniture
- Humans read not only the texts but
also the images. 5. PERSUASIVE ARTS
- used to promote
PURPOSE OF VISUAL ARTS philosophies, products,
1. CEREMONIAL PURPOSES ideas, ideologies, goals and
- to celebrate an event, a designs.
season, or an era - Example: advertising
- celebrate something material, propaganda,
significant in terms of marketing products.
worship or culture,
- Examples: adornments on 6. CONVEYANCE OF BEAUTY
religious scrolls,vessels, - represent beauty for its own.
masks - process of communicating a
concept between an artist
2. ARTISTIC EXPRESSION and a viewer.
- Visual arts are used for self - Examples: Any art that
expressions. represents beauty for its own
- Arts can convey emotions, sake.
experiences, and ideas. - The Starry Night by Vincent
- Example: photography, van Gogh (June 1889)
performing arts and paintings
Why do we need to study art? b. Saturation
(PUNZALAN 2018) - purity of a color in the
- learn to address and embrace relation to its
diversity, present emotions, and appearance in the
differentiate values in the world color spectrum.
- allow the schools to provide students c. Value
with knowledge of ethics, see social - lightness and
realities, and understand their rights darkness of a color.
and responsibilities.
- improve the performances of the PRIMARY COLORS
students, specifically learning skills, ● YELLOW
critical thinking skills, creativity, and ● RED
school attendance ● BLUE
1. To develop self-exploration and SECONDARY COLORS
self-expression ● ORANGE = YELLOW + RED
2. To understand varied cultures ● GREEN = YELLOW + BLUE
3. To develop strong analytical abilities ● VIOLET = RED + BLUE
4. To develop better interpersonal and
intrapersonal skills TERTIARY COLORS
5. To enhance communication skills ● YELLOW ORANGE
6. To develop higher-order thinking ● RED ORANGE
skills ● RED VIOLET
7. To help in conceptualizing, problem ● BLUE VIOLET
solving, and critical thinking ● BLUE GREEN
8. To develop self-discipline 9. To adapt ● YELLOW GREEN
and be creative
2. LINES
ELEMENTS OF ART - path or mark on a page
- tools that artists use to communicate - distance between two points.
their ideas - help move our eyes around
- building blocks of art an artwork
- use them to understand what we are - color, shape, and texture of a
looking at line can give us information
1. COLOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF LINES
- color is a crucial component ● Straight
of an image's composition ● Dotted
Rose (2001) ● Thick
- ways to look into color: ● Thin
a. Hue ● Curvy
- actual colors of the ● Wavy
painting ● Diagonal
● Spiral
● Zigzag - create contrast, emphasis,
● Painterly texture, optical illusion, and
illusion of light.
3. SPACE
- distance between or within 7. TEXTURE
shapes, forms, colors and - way art is felt by touching
lines. and seeing
a. POSITIVE SPACE - smooth, rough, soft, or hard
- area of the composition that - Artists use texture to engage
the subject occupies the viewer's senses and
b. NEGATIVE SPACE make their work more
- any empty or open space interesting
that surrounds the object
PRINCIPLES OF ART
4. FORM
- overall form taken by the PATTERN
artwork; the physical nature - repeating unit of space or form
of a work of art. - repetition of a visual element.
- connotes something that is
three-dimensional and a. NATURAL PATTERNS
encloses volume, having - patterns based on the
length, width, and height. patterns of nature.
- can be organic or - Shapes of the leaves, shells,
geometric or fishes
b. MAN-MADE PATTERN
5. SHAPES - patterns that are both
- result of closed lines, either structural and decorative on
two dimensional or flat lines. purpose.
● GEOMETRIC SHAPES: - circular staircases, grids,
- basic shapes (circles and clock faces and mandalas
triangles)
● ORGANIC SHAPES: BALANCE
- abstract shapes that evoke - how each element of art relates to
the image of a living form, the other within a composition.
like a plant, animal, or - creates a visual equilibrium.
human.
- Example: “Man On A Wheel” Arturo ● ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE
Luz, 2015 - both sides are different, but it
is arranged so that it looks
6. VALUE balanced.
- gradual change of color from ● SYMMETRICAL BALANCE
the lightness to darkness - sense of formality, order and
permanence.
EMPHASIS
- focal point of art to attract a person's
attention
- may have one or more areas of
emphasis.
CONTRAST
- difference in art
- arrangement of opposite elements,
such as smooth and rough textures,
small and large shapes, and light
and dark colors.
HARMONY AND UNITY
- gives art a sense of cohesion
- an artwork achieves a certain point
of wholeness
- artwork becomes complete because
all the elements work together in
composition
VARIETY
- Artist uses different elements in a
composition
- chooses to vary in exposure, color,
angle, shapes and size.
MOVEMENT
- physical movement in art
- can also be shown through
repetition, like lines repeating over
and over again.
