Art Appreciation

ART
 It is everything which are made by man.
 According to the Oxford Dictionaries, art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artworks,
expressing the author’s imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional
power.
 Arts help us express our feelings and thought; it enriches our skills and it gives livelihood to everyone through our talents. All arts
have subjects.
SUBJECT
 It is the theme or topic in making an artwork.
 The term subjects in art refers to the main idea that is represented in the artwork. The subject in art is basically the essence of
the piece.

1. Realism/Naturalism - It is a way of presenting the subject by attempting it to become truthfully or realistic.

2. Abstraction - It refers to art unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world – it can, however, refer to an
object or image which has been distilled from the real world, or indeed, another work of art.
3. Distotion - This is to dramatize the shape of an object to create a story of it in the painting or drawing.
- To change the natural, normal, or original shape, appearance, or sound of (something) in a way that is usually not
attractive or pleasing.
4. Cubism - The subject is made through cubes or geometrical shapes in the painting or drawing.
- different views of subjects (usually objects or figures) together in the same picture, resulting in paintings that appear
fragmented and abstracted.
5. Fauvism - This refers to the drawing or painting of animals as subject in the artwork. Fauvism is derived from the word “fauna”
which deals with animals.
- a style of painting that flourished in France around the turn of the 20th century. Fauve artists used pure, brilliant colour
aggressively applied straight from the paint tubes to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas.
6. Surrealism - Barnes (2001) stated that the movement is best known for its visual artworks and writings and juxtaposition of
uncommon imagery. Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes, sometimes with photographic precision, creating strange
creatures from everyday objects, and developing painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.
7. Dadaism - Dadaism and its artists express discontent toward violence, war and nationalism and maintained political affinities with
the radical far left – a reaction to the senseless slaughter of the trenches of WWI
- Dadaism's main purpose was to challenge the social norms of society, and purposefully make art that would shock,
confuse, or outrage people. It thrived on counterattacking everything that was conventional in society.
8. Expressionism - It is a style of painting or music in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than
impressions of the external world.
- it refers to art in which the image of reality is distorted in order to make it expressive of the artist's inner feelings or
ideas.
- Artists used jagged, distorted lines; rough, rapid brushwork; and jarring colours
9. Cartooning - It is a type of image or illustration sometimes animated, typically in a non realistic or semi realistic style.
- it has its roots in caricature, from the Italian word caricare meaning to load or exaggerate.

MEDIUM
 Medium or media refers to the materials which the artist use in making artworks with different techniques.
 Technique refers to the way the artist controls his medium to achieve the desired effect.
1. Watercolor - This is a common medium with colored pigments with the use of art brush and water. It is sometimes difficult to use
this medium for the colors of it are soft or very light. Strathmore or watercolor paper is very suitable in applying the said medium
on it.
2. Encaustic - This is a medium used by Egyptians in painting caskets long time ago. The encaustic painting, also known as hot wax
painting.
- Coming from the Greek word enkaustikos which means "to heat" or "to burn", encaustic is the name for both a type
of pigmented wax and the process involving heat by which the colored wax is melted and later applied to a variety of
surfaces.
3. Pastel - This is a medium with luminous colors that is made by grounded chalk mixed with sticky chemicals on it.
4. Latex/Acrylic - This is a water-based paint which is used in painting walls, making paintings on canvas and mural paintings.
5. Oil Painting - This is a paint mixed with linseed oil or cooking oil and it used in making paintings on canvas.
6. Crayon - This is a medium made of wax mixed with paste. It is the primary coloring material of every individual since elementary.
7. Pencil - It is used in writing and sketching. It is the primary medium of all individuals.
8. Pen and Ink - Medium of using ball pens or signing pens in sketching artworks.
REALISM/NATURALISM EXPRESSIONISM

ABSTRCTION
CARTOONING

DIRTORTION

CUBISM

FAUVISM

SURREALISM

DADAISM
VISUAL ARTS AND ITS ELEMENTS
Visual Arts is a form of art done such as painting, 2. Double Complementary
photography, printmaking, sculpture, crafts and designing. Many Harmony (red & red orange
artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and vs. blue green & green)
textile arts also involve aspects of visual arts as well as arts of
other types.

ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS

1. Line. It is a geometrical figure made by a movement of a point 3. Split Complementary
or dot. A line is a continuous mark made on a surface with a Harmony (ROYGBIV, red,
pointed tool or by moving a point through space. yellow, blue)
KINDS:
۬ Straight Line
- HORIZONTAL ,VERTICAL, DIAGONAL 4. Double Split Complementary Harmony (ROYGBIVIBGYOR,
۬ Curve Line red, yellow, blue, yellow, red)
- ZIGZAG, WAVE, CURL, SPIRAL, ARC
۬ Broken Line
- DOTTED, BROKEN
2. Form. It is the visual shape of an object.

Polygon Deformed

3. Texture. It refers to the surface quality of an object or

artwork. It is the softness and roughness of an object.
4. Value. It is the lightness and darkness of an object and can be
used to create contrast, depth, and form.. This deals with the
various techniques of shadings in making or sketching the
subject.
5. Color. It is the quality of an object with respect to light
reflected by it. It refers to the hue, saturation, and brightness of
a color, and can be used to create mood, convey emotion, or
suggest symbolism.
CLASSIFICATION:
1. Primary Colors (red, blue, yellow)
2. Secondary Colors (green, orange, violet)
3. Neutral Colors (black, white, gray)
4. Intermediate Colors (yellow green, yellow orange, red
orange, red violet, blue violet and blue green)
5. Tertiary Colors (pink, brown and the rest of the colors)

Paradigm of Color Relationships (Color Wheel)

*Color Harmony – it is the

correct combination and
arrangement of colors.
*Monochromatic harmony –
it is a harmony that
dominates one color in an
artwork,

Harmonies of contrasting
colors:
1. Complementary harmony
(red vs. green, blue vs. orange,
yellow vs. violet)