FUNCTIONS OF ART
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1.Aesthetic Function -
Through art, man becomes
conscious of the beauty of
the nature.
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2.Utilitarian Function – With the
creation of the various forms of art, man
now lives in comfort and happiness. Art
not only enriches man’s life but also
improves nature through landscape
gardening, creation of super-highways
and through propagation and
conservation of natural resources.
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3. Cultural Function –
Through the printed matter, art
transmits and preserves skills
and knowledge from one
generation to another.
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4. Social Function – Art
provides a forum of ideas
with which to interact.
Through civic and graphic
arts, man learns to love and
help each other.
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5.Physical Function- It
gives man moment of
relaxation and spiritual
happiness.
PAINTING- Painting is an art made by
applying colors to a surface to present
an object imagined or real. It expresses
the artist’s perceptions and feelings on
a particular selected subject
Pigments- are insoluble and are
applied not as solutions but as finely
ground solid particles mixed with
a liquid.
Mediums of Painting
Watercolor- pigment
ground in gum, usually
gum Arabic, and applied
with brush and water to a
painting surface, usually
paper; the term also
denotes a work of art
executed in this medium.
Mediums of Painting
Oil- Oil paint is a type of
slow-drying paint that
consists of particles of
pigment suspended in a
drying oil, commonly
linseed oil
Mediums of Painting
Fresco- Fresco painting,
method of painting
water-based pigments
on freshly applied
plaster, usually on wall
surfaces.
Mediums of Painting
Tempera- also known as
egg tempera, is a
permanent, fast-drying
painting medium
consisting of colored
pigments mixed with a
water-soluble binder
medium, usually
glutinous material such
Mediums of Painting
Acrylic- Painting
executed in the medium
of synthetic acrylic
resins. Acrylics dry
rapidly, serve as a
vehicle for any kind of
pigment, and can give
both the transparent
brilliance of watercolor
Mediums of Painting
Charcoal – is used
in representing
broad masses of
light and shadow.
Mediums of Painting
Crayons/Pastel – are
pigments bound
by wax and
compressed into
painted sticks
used for coloring.
ELEMENTS
AND
PRINCIPLES
OF ART
DESIGNS
•Elements of design
–are the parts
•Principles of design
–the concept
ELEME
NTS
1.
LINE
-A mark with length
and direction.
-A continuous mark
made on a surface by
a moving point.
-Strokes that show
motion and connect
two points. May be
vertical, horizontal or
diagonal, curved,
2. FORM
-Shows an object in
space, the mass or
positive space it
occupies.
-The term usually
used when
describing 3-D
objects.
3. SH APES
• Area enclosed when
both sides of a line
meet.
• Two-dimensional area
with height and
width ,clear edges and
angles
• It may be geometric
and organic(irregular)
4.
SPACE
The distance or area
between, around, above,
below, or within thing
Positive (filled with
something) and
Negative (empty areas)
Backgroun
d
Middle ground
Foreground
5. TEXTURE
The surface quality or
"feel" of an object, its
smoothness,
roughness, softness,
etc. Textures may be
6. COLOR
Hue. May
be
compliment
ary,
analogous,
primary,
secondary,
tertiary, or
part of a
color wheel.
Saturation pertains the amount of white light
mixed with a hue.
High saturation Low saturation
ACHROMATIC
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MONOCHROMATIC
Using ONE color,
and various values of
that color to create art
7. VALUE
The lightness or
darkness of an
object or color.
Often used with
drawings.
PRINCIPL
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EMPHASIS
When one area
in a work of art
stands out
more than
another. The
part that
catches your
attention first.
BAL ANCE
Equalizing the
visual forces, or
“Visual
weight”
An aesthetically
pleasing
integration of
elements
Symmetrical:
two sides identical; mirror
image
Asymmetrical :
balance of unlike elements, b/c two
objects may have same visual weight as
a larger singular object
Radial:
when the elements of a design
come “out” from a central point
MOVEMENT
The motion
created in a
work of art.
Often uses
the principle
of rhythm to
achieve
this.
The most effective technique for creating
movement is the use of bold and directional
RHYTHM
The
repetition of
lines,
shapes, or
colors to
create a
feeling of
movement.
UNITY
Unity: quality of oneness of wholeness
that is achieved through the effective
CONTRAST
A difference created
when elements are
placed next to each other
in a work of art.
-Color, Detail , Texture,
shape, and intervals
PATTERN
The pattern makes sense of
the visual world through
regularity. From man-made
objects to organic material
and abstraction. The
uniform repetition of any of
the elements of art or any
combination
thereof. Anything can be
