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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?