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• Thinking Man is created by Ang Kiukok
• DESCRIPTION


  You need to know the title of the artwork and who is the artist when and where was it created. What media was used. Is there a primary subject. What are the elements of arts present
• ANALYSIS


  How do elements of art interact with each other, What specific elements stand out, What principles of design can you find
• INTERPRETATION


  What is the artist trying to communicate, what thoughts or feelings come up when you see the piece, express your opinion but always back up with evidence
• JUDGMENT


  Do you like it, why or why not? Is the artwork effective? What criteria do you think are important that helped you in concluding your judgment?
• Medium


  The material, or the substance out of which a work is made. Through these materials, the artists express and communicate feelings and ideas.
• Types of artists

  • Sculptor
  • Architect
  • Painter
  • Printmaker
  • Musician
  • Dancer
  • Theater Artist
  • Photographer/Filmmaker
  • Writer/Literary Artist
• Technique


  The way artists use and manipulates materials to achieve the desired formal effect, and communicate the desired concept, or meaning, according to his or her personal style.
• Elements of Art

  • Line
  • Color
  • Value
  • Texture
  • Shape
  • Composition in Space
  • Movement
• Principles of Art

  • Rhythm
  • Movement
  • Balance (Symmetrical and Asymmetrical)
  • Proportion
  • Contrast
  • Variety
  • Emphasis
  • Harmony
• Line


  Associated with the body's axis as it moves toward different directions and adjusts to a point of reference through various positions and actions, such as walking, running, standing, sitting, reclining, etc. In the visual arts, it also refers to the quality of the line, whether thin, broken, thick, or blended, among others. When several lines come together, they create texture, which can be very thin, washed or very thick, rough, or fine.
• Color


  Associated with our experiences of cold and warmth, and the quality of light in our tropical environment, the cycles of night and day, of darkness and light. One of its aspects is hue, which has to do with how light waves of various lengths and rapidity of variations bounce off objects and enter our eyes. A hue is said to be warm when it has longer wave lengths and is more distinct and easily discernible, for example, red, orange, and yellow. Cool hues such as blue or violet have shorter wave lengths and seem to advance toward us; cool colors appear to recede.
• Value


  Refers to gradations of tone from light to dark, which can be an aspect of color, but could also specifically refer to the play of light on an object or a scene. In representational paintings, it is shading, blending, and chiaroscuro, or the play of light and dark that lend the flat surface an illusion of depth and perspective.
• Texture


  Refers to how objects and surfaces feel and is most associated with the sense of touch or tactility. The combination may be described as smooth, translucent, fine, silky, satiny, velvety, sandy, furry, feathery, slimy, gritty, rough, rugged, coarse, porous, irregular, jagged, thick, thin, and so on.
• Shape


  Refers to forms that are two dimensional or three dimensional. Two dimensional shapes exist as planes having length and width. Three dimensional shapes possess length, width and volume. Shapes can either be geometric (rectilinear or curvilinear), biomorphic, or free inventions.
• Composition in space


  Involves the relationship between figures and elements. It also refers to how these elements are organized and composed according to principles of organization, among them balance, proportion, rhythm, unity in variety, dominance and subordination.
• Movement


  May occur in two-dimensional design as rhythm of through the recurrence of motifs, their alternation or progression unfolding in a series. Movement is also very much related to line and the direction of the eye.
• Rhythm


  Refers to the repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern.
• Movement (principle of art)


  The illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design.
• Balance


  Refers to the visual weight in a picture. It refers to the even distribution of positions of elements in an artwork. The principle of balance can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
• Symmetrical balance


  An artwork wherein both sides have the same elements in the same position.
• Asymmetrical balance


  An artwork wherein it is balance through the contrast or differences of any of the elements of art.
• Proportion


  Refers to the relationships of the size of objects in a body of work.
• Contrast


  This principle shows differences between elements of art in an artwork. It shows how stronger each element of art in relation to one another.
• Variety


  This principle of art refers to the diversity or the different elements used in an artwork to make it more interesting.
• Emphasis


  Refers to the greater impact or highlight given to a certain element in an artwork.
• Harmony


  Refers to the unity of an artwork. It is about the arrangement of the related elements that makes an artwork to be viewed as a whole.
• Visualizing Principles of Contemporary Arts
• Negative and Positive Space
• Don't judge a book by its cover.
• The whole point of art appreciation is to explain WHY we like or dislike something, not simply WHETHER we like it or not.