freya adler

• In general, subject may be thought as the “what” in a piece of art: the topic, focus, or image. 


  subject
• Kinds of Subject
• Landscape - A painting that shows natural scenery like mountains, rivers, trees, etc.
• Portrait - A painting that portrays a person’s face, head, shoulders, etc.
• Still Life - A painting that depicts objects such as fruits, flowers, books, etc.
• is one of the elements of visual art which pertains to the way that a shape or physical configuration occupies space. For a three-dimensional work of art like a sculpture or work of architecture, form is the shape, structure, and arrangement of components like length, width, and depth of a shape.

  form
• types of subject 


  Representational Art and Non-representational Art
• Figurative Art, work depicts something easily recognized by most people. It is a painting or sculpture that reflects reality in a clear way.

  representational art
• Non-Figurative Art, it stripped down to visual elements such as shape, lines, objects, and colors to distinguished a certain concept.


  non representational art
• Art does not represent an accurate depiction of visual reality, communicating instead through lines, shapes, colors, forms, and gestural marks.


  abstract
• Is the meaning that is expressed or communicated by the artwork.

  content
• It pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it may be extracted from the identifiable or recognizable form in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to one another.

  factual meaning
• three levels of meaning

  factual meaning, conventional meaning, subjective meaning
• what is factual meaning
• what is subjective meaning
• what is conventional meaning
• Pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artworks using motif, sign, symbols, objects, colors, line, and other ciphers as basis of its meaning.

  conventional meaning
• Refers to the individual meaning deliberately and instinctively expressed by the artist using personal symbolism that stems for viewers or audiences’ circumstances that comes into play when engaging with art meaning may not be singular rather multiple and varied.

  subjective meaning
• are long held composition techniques which have been proven and used by both fine and graphic artists to communicate ideas and concepts effectively. It describes the ways that artists use the elements of art work in a work of art

  principles of design
• why principles of design is important
• (pod) his principle refers to the distribution of the visual elements in view of their placement in relation to each other. It is a sense of weighted clarity in a composition. It refers to the way lines, shapes, colors, and textures are arranged in a piece of art.

  balance
• (3) types of balance
• (pod) this principle shows the relative size of one form in relation to another. Scale pertains to the size in relation to what is normal for the figure or object in question, while proportion is the size of the components, or of objects in relation to one another when taken as a composition or a unit.

  proportion and scale
• (p&s) relative size of one object to another.

  scale
• (p&s)  relative size of parts of a whole.

  proportion
• (p&s) proportion can be: refers to the realistic size of the visual elements.

  natural
• proportion can be: refers to the unusual size relations of visual elements. 


  exaggerated
• (pod) an area or a specific subject is given focus: hence other parts of the picture are dominance.

  an area or a specific subject is given focus: hence other parts of the picture are dominance.

  emphasis and dominance
• (pod) this refers to a way of combining visual elements to achieve intricate and complex relationships. Unity is the visual sense of completeness and that all the parts of the artwork fit together. On the other hand, variety aims to retain interest by allowing patches or areas that both excite and allow the eye to rest. 


  unity and variety
• HOW UNITY HELPS IN CREATING A COHESIVE AND PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING PRESENTATION

  unity
• (pod)  is described as the sameness, belonging of one thing with another. Elements are related to each other in terms of form, color, theme, etc. This principle aims to achieve a sense of flow or interconnectedness.

  Harmony
• (pod)  creating a sense of direction through repetition of elements. Movement direct to the viewer's eye toward something.

  movement
• Repetition pertains to lines. shapes, colors, and other elements may appear in an artwork in a recurring manner while pattern is the systematic arrangement of repeated shapes or forms. Patterns also create rhythm.


  repetition and patterns
• (pod) this is a continuance, a flow, or a feeling of movement achieved by the repetition of regulated visual informatio

  rhythm
• STRATEGIES TO CREATE A RHYTHM

  repetition, pattern, spacing
• (pod rhythm) can create a rhythm by establishing a sense of movement and flow within the composition.


  spacing
• (pod rhythm) using grids or patterns in the composition can also help to create rhythm by structuring the artwork and organizing the elements within.

  pattern
• (pod rhythm) most common strategies used to create rhythm is repetition. 


  repetition
• creative individuals who use their Imagination and skills to communicate in an art form. They use the materials of an art to solve visual problems, Artist look to many sources for inspiration. Some look forward to their natural and cultural environment others look within themselves for creative imagination.

  artist
• are the materials or tools that artist used to create their work.

  medium