CHAPTER 3

• Visual Arts


  Works of art that can only be fully or partially understood visually. The arts that meet the eye and evoke an emotion through an expression of skill and imagination.
• Figurative or Representation art

  • Based on actual people, places, or things, such as realism.
• Abstract Art


  • Art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colors, forms, and gestural marks to achieve its effect.
• Non-Objective or Non-Representational art


  • Art that does not represent or depict any identifiable person, place or thing.
• Elements of Visual Arts

  • Line
  • Shape
  • Form
  • Color
  • Value (or Light)
  • Space and Perspective
  • Proportion
  • Texture
  • Composition
• Line


  Marks moving in a space between two points. Artists use many different types of lines like: Including, actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and contour lines. Each line has a different meaning, curve, length, thickness, and flexibility.
• Shape


  A two-dimensional design encased by lines to signify its height and width. Shapes are used to provide a symbolic and faux feeling. Shapes can have different colors to make them seem three-dimensional. There are different types of shapes like circles, triangles, and squares.
• Form


  An element with three dimensions, height, length, and depth will be present. Forms include things like spheres, cubes, and pyramids, much as a tree's body shape is formed.
• Color


  The components of color include colors such as red, yellow, and green. That may be combined with black to create shade, white to create tint, or grey to create a tone.
• Value (or Light)


  Value refers to the lightness or darkness of tones or colors in an artwork. It is crucial for creating contrast, volume, and emphasis within a composition.
• Space and Perspective


  Space in visual arts refers to the area within and around objects in a composition. Artists manipulate space to create depth, perspective, and a sense of atmosphere or environment.
• Proportion


  Proportion refers to the dimensions of composition and relationships between height, width, and depth. How proportion is used will affect how realistic or stylized. something seems. Proportion also describes how the sizes of different parts of a piece of art or design relate to each other.
• Texture


  Texture refers to the surface quality of an object, whether it's rough, smooth, bumpy, or soft. It can be actual (tactile) or implied (visual), adding depth and richness to artworks.
• Composition


  Given that it directs the usage of all the other components, this level of the elements is possibly the highest. Artists can draw attention to specific elements of their work by positioning what is portrayed in a particular way.
• 2D art


  Artwork created and presented in two-dimensional space, typically on a flat surface such as paper, canvas, or a screen
• 2D art


  • Exists only on the plane of the surface it is created, unlike three-dimensional art forms that have depth and volume
• Dry media


  • Charcoal
  • Graphite
  • Pencils
  • Pastels
• Dry media


  Any instrument that leaves dry material on the surface when drawing a line, which can be rubbed or smeared
• Wet media


  • Acrylic painting
  • Oil painting
  • Watercolor
• Wet media


  Any instrument that draws a line using liquid pigment
• Drawing


  The basis of 2D art, where markings are made on a surface to produce art
• Drawing


  • Doodle
  • Sketches
• Graphite


  Used in most drawing pencils
• Charcoal


  Organic materials bonded together to create sticks with rich, black patterns
• Pastel


  A type of drawing medium that consists of sticks of pigment kept together by a binder
• Painting


  The most well-known of the 2D arts, where individuals have created a wide variety of techniques and materials
• Oil painting


  Utilizes pigments mixed with a drying oil as the binder, most commonly linseed oil, allowing for a wide range of artistic effects and styles due to its slow drying time
• Acrylic painting


  Consists of pigments suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion, resulting in a water-soluble paint that dries relatively quickly
• 3D art


  Artwork created and presented in three-dimensional space, giving the illusion of depth and volume
• 3D art


  • Exists in physical space and can be viewed from multiple angles, unlike traditional two-dimensional art forms
• Arts and crafts


  A wide range of activities that involve creating handmade objects or artworks using various materials and techniques, encompassing both traditional crafts and contemporary artistic practices
• Most popular crafts


  • Ceramic
  • Wood
  • Metal
  • Fiber
  • Glass
• Sculpture


  Any three-dimensional art that is present in the physical world, built from a variety of materials
• Freestanding sculpture


  • Art that stands alone without being attached to a wall, another object, or any other surface
• Relief sculpture


  • The themes are raised out of a flat surface once it has been carved in relief
• Additive sculpture


  • Materials are added and constructed into an item, such as using clay
• Subtractive sculpture


  • Material is subtracted, such as when chiselling limestone, to achieve the desired design
• Architecture


  Considered a form of visual art, deeply rooted in artistic expression and aesthetic considerations, while also serving functional purposes
• Performance art


  A type of artistic expression in which a person or people carry out an action or actions for an audience in a certain venue or location and at a specific time
• Performance Art


  • Central to the process and execution is the live presence of the artist and the real actions of his/her body, to create and present an ephemeral art experience to an audience
  • The body is considered the primary medium and conceptual material