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Contemporary Philippine Arts From The Regions Value

Quarter 3 - Module 1: This element refers to lightness or darkness of an area. This is evident in

Integrative Art As Applied To Contemporary Art creating shadows for a two-dimensional object to give an illusion of depth.

Space

LESSON 1: ARTS AND ITS VISUAL ELEMENTS Space refers to the area that is occupied by an object or a subject, as well as
Line the area surrounding that object or subject. An illusion of space can still be
This refers to a prolongation of a point or a mark on a surface. Solid lines can be used created in a two-dimensional surface using perspective. There are two types of
in order to define form..while broken lines are typically used to suggest hidden. forms.
perspective: atmospheric perspective, which utilizes the properties of light
Shape and Mass
and air in depicting the illusion of distance; and linear perspective, which
This element refers to an area with boundaries.. [Link] drawing lines. A shape may be natural or..

living.. forms called..an organic shape and can be irregular.. or.. rounded. It. may also be... measured forms called.. involves the use of vanishing points and receding hidden lines.
[Link]. In. contrast to shape., which..is.. two-dimensional, mass refers to. solid portions of a.. three-
Time and Motion
Color
dimensional object. ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
Movement in the visual arts can either be an illusion or an actual motion. An
This refers to visual perception that allows a person to differentiate objects due
illusion of movement is more common in two-dimensional artworks. On the
to the way various wavelengths of light are reflected. Color is a very important
other hand, actual motion is easily seen in kinetic sculpture that moves with
element because it can communicate information and emotion to the viewer.
the wind or are vibrating with the surrounding air.
These are the three properties of color:
LESSON 2: PAINTING
These are the three properties of color: Painting IMPLIED MOTION
refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface. Forms can be
KINETIC SCULPTURE
 Hue, which refers to the basic or pure color, and is represented in the color created using a wide variety of materials such as watercolor, acrylic, ink, oil, pastel, and

wheel. charcoal. Surfaces for painting include wood, canvas, cardboard, and paper. Painting is

 Value, which refers to the lightness and darkness of color. A light color or considered two-dimensional, meaning it only has height and width.

FORMS OF PAINTING
tint is the result of adding white to a hue, while a dark color or shade results 1. Easel Painting
from adding black to a hue. 2. Murals

 Saturation, which refers to brightness and dullness of color. It is also 3. Telon Painting
4. Jeepney and Calesa Painting
referred to as purity of the color. A bright color can be produced by adding
5. Collage
more pigment to the same hue, while a dull color can be produced by adding

gray or the color’s complement to the pigment. THEMES OF PAINTING


Color Schemes 1. Genre Painting

 Monochromatic 2. Historical Painting


3. Interiors
Involves using the same hue but with different gradients of value.
4. Landscapes
 Analogous 5. Portraits
Entails the use of three or four adjacent colors in the color wheel. 6. Nudes
7. Religious Painting
8. Still Life

Easel Painting

The easel painting is perhaps the most common form of painting which involves applying color

to a board or canvas that is fixed on an upright support called an easel. These are meant to be

framed and hanged on a wall after creating them.


Murals

A mural is described as a huge wall-sized painting.. Used to impart messages to the public. A new form of

mural which is a portable mural, was developed in order to prevent the mural from being erased from the

wall which was created by using bold strokes in applying bright colors on pieces of cheesecloth\or

canvas.

 Complementary Telon Painting

A telon is describes as a backdrop or background for the stage which are used for komedya, sarswela,
Involves the use of a color and its complement -meaning the color located
and sinakulo, the popular forms of theater in the country.
opposite of the first color. Jeepney and Calesa Painting

 Split-complementary The calesa is typically painted using one color. The. borders of the calesa are decorated with geometric

patterns, repetitive patterns, and/or thin lines.


A close relative to the complementary color scheme. But instead of using the
Jeepney painting evolved from calesa painting. In a typical jeepney, a logo, number, or painting is covered
color’s complement, this scheme uses the two colors adjacent to the near the driver’s seat, as well as near the seats adjacent to it.

complement. Collage

 Triadic This refers to a form of painting that involves.. combine. images in a single artwork. This entails cutting

and pasting.. materials such as paper, fabric, tin foil and other relatively flat materials onto a board or
Uses three colors that are of equal distance with each other. canvas.

 Tetradic
Themes of Painting

Genre Painting
Also known as double complementary color scheme, this uses two pairs of Genre painting portrays people in daily activities. During the contemporary period, genre painting took

complementary colors. several directions. One of these new approaches is folk genre, which.. mainly focuses on the everyday

activities of the folk. Another approach is using the style of cubism in depicting folk or Urban subjects.
Texture
On the other hand, folk-naive is another style wherein it uses a lot of color and spontaneity.
This element refers to the feel or appearance of a surface. A person may Historical Painting

describe as actual or implied. Actual texture can be felt tangibly based on the The historical painting depicts a scene from the past. It often has a lesson concerning national values.

Interiors
material that is used for the artwork while implied texture can be exhibited,
This refers to painting of the space inside of a part of a house or a building. This usually reveals the social
for instance, in a painting of fur of an animal. class of the family living in that particular house, as well as the traits of the people living in it.
Landscapes

These painting portrays natural scenery or urban scenes. Mixed media is now used in creating landscape

paintings. Closely related to landscapes are seascapes, which focus on large bodies of water, particularly

the ocean or the sea.

Portrait

This refers to a painting portraying one or more specific individuals. This usually portrays the physical

characteristics of the subject and seeks to show an understanding of that person’s character.

Nudes

These are paintings that portray the unclothed human figure. Nowadays, a wide variety of materials and

styles can be used in painting nudes. Nude painting sessions are conducted in galleries.

Religious Painting

Common subjects of religious painting includes a lone religious image, lives of the saints, and scenes

based from [Link] like the Nativity scene, and the [Link] the.. Cross.

Still Life

This refers to a painting that depicts natural or man-made objects that form a composition in a natural

setting. A lot of styles can be used by artists in painting, ranging from Baroque and Rococo, to

impressionism, expressionism, and abstract. Neo-realism involves creating representational figures that

also look abstract; hyperrealism or magic realism, the subject is painted in a highly realistic way that it

resembles a photograph and social realism entails creating paintings that depicts socioeconomic and

political problems.

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