Lesson 3: Visual Arts Flashcards
A form of visual arts in which color is applied to various surfaces to create images with decorative value, representational value, or both
Painting
It depicts various intrinsic values of man through imaginative aggregation of lines and colors
Painting
It is the application of colored pigments to a flat surface like canvas, paper, wood or plaster.
Painting
Sources of pigments
Clay
Plants
Vegetables matter
Coal bar
It is believed to be the first chemical pigment
Prussian (German) blue
It is the various used to ind and disperse color pigments
Medium
A technique developed during the Renaissance Period. It becomes part of the wall
Fresco (fresh in Italian)
Kinds of fresco:
Buon fresco
Fresco secco
Kind of fresco:
Water color paints are applied to fresh plaster so that pigments and plaster mix chemically
Buon fresco (true fresco)
Kind of fresco:
The paint is applied to dry plaster and its binding material is gum
Fresco secco (dry fresco)
favorite medium of Medieval and Renaissance Period.
Pigments are mixed with egg yolk to a panel, usually wood (often covered with linen) on which several coats of gesso (chalk and gum) have been carefully rubbed down to create a glassy-smooth surface
Tempera
invention of oil painting was attributed to the Flemish brothers Hubert and Jan Van Eych, who applied oil paints to wooden panels, and even on canvases.
Oil
Oil advantages:
a. It remains moist for a long time
b. It can be modified or altered
a synthetic medium which is water-based paint made from
acrylic resins
Acrylics
Acrylics advantages:
a. Quick drying
b. Durability
c. Adaptability
d. Can be cleaned simply by water
it is mixed with water and applied to paper, pale and light in color. This medium is suitable for rapid, spontaneous expression in painting.
Watercolor
Watercolor characteristics:
Transparent
Opaque
Under watercolor:
Comes in cakes, tube or pans
Transparent
Under watercolor:
Obtained in tubes
Opaques
Elements of painting
Line
Color
Value
Volume
Texture
Perspective
Form
Style
– it defines the shape or form of an artwork. In painting, the line is often an edge formed between to areas of color or light and shadow
– “line is the simplest, the most primitive and the most universal means of creating any visual art.”
Line
most important element in painting. It not only refers to hue, but also to value - the amount of white or black in the hue, its intensity or brightness, and the presence or absence of light
Color
it can be observed whether the picture is predominantly light or dark or whether they merged together or are distinctly apart
Value
Example of value
Light values
Dark values
Light values
Happiness and peace
Dark values
Gloom and doom
In painting, volume is an art illusion; the contour lines and shadows are there but do not change.
Volume
the way an object is felt through the sense of touch. It may also reveal itself when it catches or reflects the light.
Texture
Example of texture
a. Artist’s thick paint
b. Added objects like screws, bolts, scraps of cloth or metal
means on how one perceives distance. In painting, it
is the means to make one visualize the objects in space.
Perspective
Kinds of perspective
Linear perspective
Aerial perspective
objects seem smaller as they recede
into the distance.
Linear perspective
objects or things become lighter in color and duller outline as they approach the horizon; changes in appearance in relation to the atmosphere
Aerial perspective
it is the overall design of the artwork. Designs commonly used
by painters are based on the triangle, the circle, and rectangle
Form
qualities present in the artwork that will distinguish its creator
from others. The artist’s personality, outlook in life, ethnicity, training, etc. reflect on his work, and as his personality changes, his style may change
Style
