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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? What is the Purpose of Art? express personal • Personal feelings • Social To share a sense of identity in a community, family, or group • Spiritual Expresses spiritual beliefs • Functional Things you wear, use, and live in • Educational Created to record history before written language, images describe what people did What is Art? • A visual expression of an idea created with skill Why is Art important? Art is a form of Communication! Art is a language used to express ideas or feelings everyday words cannot express. 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 Anne Liebowitz Star Wallowing Bull Value – the range of lights to darks Dark, medium, light • Value creates the illusion of form and depth Charles White 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 Albrecht Durer • Implied Texture - fake 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? 1. and techniques TheKnow steps–Vocabulary an artist goes through as he/she 2. Come up with creates. the Concept and idea 3. Make the Project 4. Critique – Reflect - Get feedback 1. 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 ASYMMETRICAL Same 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 Bearden Paul Gauguin 1838-1903 Emphasis – placing greater attention/focus on an area or object in an artwork. Francisco Goya Execution 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?