Menu for art!
Any art work has a FORMAT (what is it?)
It has MEDIA, (what is it made of?)
It uses ART and DESIGN elements.
It has certain MOTIFS - (is it a picture of something?)
And it conveys certain ways of thinking - Modes of Thinking or Mood
put these all together to understand what an art work 'means' or what you want your art work to express or 'say' to others.
Remember Art changes the way we perceive our experiences!
Format / assignments / kinds of things we can make
examples for drawing and painting -
- line drawings, exercises, abstract and perspective exercise
- interior
- landscapes
- portraits
- images from iPads
For ceramics
- hand-building techniques, pinch, coil slab
-basic wheel throwing - cylinders, bowls, vases
- opening twice, planters, lids, closed forms
-wheel altered
- combined techniques, hand and wheel, multi-wheel
- sets
Media
or drawing and painting will include, pencil, paint, pastel, etc on a specific surface - like paper or canvas or a wall
For ceramics - kinds of clay, glazes and methods of firing
Art elements
Line, Value, Shape, Form, Space, Color, Texture
Design elements
Balance, Contrast, Movement, Emphasis, Pattern, Rhythm, Proportion & scale, Unity & Harmony
Conceptual Motif elements
Figurative or Non-Figurative
Symbolic or just representation
Abstract - usually means taken, or abstracted from something
Narrative or non-Narrative
Modes of thinking or Mood
Romantic/emotional - example Van Gogh
talks about Moods – like anger, sorrow, joy, love, confusion, anxiety, and or excitement
can have narrative messages – expresses opinions, political and or social messages
Logical/classical - example Monet
expresses intellectual ideas and themes and conscious ideas - expresses ideas about perception
often has relationships to math, science, music and language
Visceral/surrealist - Example Dali
shows viewers felt but unexplained experiences expresses subconscious associations
Think of this kind of chart for analyzing your work or some other works - make five columns and fill them in!
Any art work has a FORMAT (what is it?)
It has MEDIA, (what is it made of?)
It uses ART and DESIGN elements.
It has certain MOTIFS - (is it a picture of something?)
And it conveys certain ways of thinking - Modes of Thinking or Mood
put these all together to understand what an art work 'means' or what you want your art work to express or 'say' to others.
Remember Art changes the way we perceive our experiences!
Format / assignments / kinds of things we can make
examples for drawing and painting -
- line drawings, exercises, abstract and perspective exercise
- interior
- landscapes
- portraits
- images from iPads
For ceramics
- hand-building techniques, pinch, coil slab
-basic wheel throwing - cylinders, bowls, vases
- opening twice, planters, lids, closed forms
-wheel altered
- combined techniques, hand and wheel, multi-wheel
- sets
Media
or drawing and painting will include, pencil, paint, pastel, etc on a specific surface - like paper or canvas or a wall
For ceramics - kinds of clay, glazes and methods of firing
Art elements
Line, Value, Shape, Form, Space, Color, Texture
Design elements
Balance, Contrast, Movement, Emphasis, Pattern, Rhythm, Proportion & scale, Unity & Harmony
Conceptual Motif elements
Figurative or Non-Figurative
Symbolic or just representation
Abstract - usually means taken, or abstracted from something
Narrative or non-Narrative
Modes of thinking or Mood
Romantic/emotional - example Van Gogh
talks about Moods – like anger, sorrow, joy, love, confusion, anxiety, and or excitement
can have narrative messages – expresses opinions, political and or social messages
Logical/classical - example Monet
expresses intellectual ideas and themes and conscious ideas - expresses ideas about perception
often has relationships to math, science, music and language
Visceral/surrealist - Example Dali
shows viewers felt but unexplained experiences expresses subconscious associations
Think of this kind of chart for analyzing your work or some other works - make five columns and fill them in!
Format / assignments / kinds of things we can
make What is it? |
MEDIA
How did you make it? |
ART & Design Elements
what are the visual elements in the work? |
Conceptual- motif elements
What is the image? |
Modes of thinking - Mode
what should the viewer feel or think or how should the viewer react? |