Module Overview

PAINTings AND PhotogrAPhy

In this Module
Elements of Painting
Mediums in Painting
Origin of Photography and its types
Elements of Good Photography

Good day! It seems that your journey becomes more interesting! In this module
you will be given opportunity not only to know the basic concepts of painting and
photography but also to be able to showcase your talents through the inputs and
activities provided in every lessons of this module. By this time, you are highly
encouraged to maximize your potentials in painting and photography. God blesses!

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

identify the elements and mediums of painting;
name famous Filipino artists in the field of painting and photography;
trace the history of photography and its types; and
apply the elements of good photography to their own artwork.

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Lesson 1
Elements of Painting

Objectives
: identify the elements of painting; and
create a painting applying its different elements.

Introduction:

Hi! Welcome to our first lesson! In this module you are going to learn and
familiarize the elements of painting. These elements are essential in enhancing your
skills in painting later on, and will help you improve your potentials through
combination of colors and making your output more appealing and attractive to the
viewers. You are required to accomplish the activities provided in this lesson. Good
luck!

Activity:

My Favorite Color

Instructions: Identify which color you like most and explain why that
color is your favorite.

Analysis:
Answer the following questions:

4. In your own words, how do you define color?

5. Why color is important?

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6. How does color affect our daily lives?

Abstraction:

Elements of Painting

Painting is a style of creating an expression by applying colors to a flat surface

or any mediums like canvas, clay, glass, paper, walls, leaf, paper, or woods.
Abstraction or composition, drawing, and other aesthetics may serve to manifest the
expressive and conceptual intention of the artists (Mayer, 1970). It is an unspoken and
mostly unrecognized dialogue, where paint speaks silently in masses and colors, and
the artist responds in moods. Paint records the most delicate gesture. It tells whether
the painter sat or stood or crouched in front of the canvas (Elkins, 1998). It loaded
with narrative content, symbolism, or emotion.
Line. It is the simplest element in the painting. It has a continuous marking
made by a moving point to outlines shape and can contour areas within those outlines.
It can suggest movement (vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and curved). Each line has its
meaning: vertical line stress action, strength, dynamism; horizontal lines means
serenity, calmness, stability; diagonal line express tension, movement; curved lines
appear softness, flexibility, gentleness.
Color. The Artists used colors to convey feelings and moods within their
painting. It is the result of wavelengths of lights reflecting of objects. It is composed
of three distinct qualities such as the hue, saturation, and value. Hue is merely the
name of the color. Red, yellow, and the blue are the primary color. Their mixture that
produces the secondary colors are green, orange, and purple.
Texture. It is a component of two-sided and three-sided designs and
distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties. It is used to describe the
way a three- dimensional work feels when touched. In two-dimensional models, such
as painting, it may refer to the visual "feel" of a piece (Isaac, 2017).
Perspective. It is an art technique for creating an illusion of three-dimension with
depth and space. Its real goal is creating a viewpoint for the audiences that will best
communicate the subject and serve its particular message.
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Perspective is the same as “viewpoint” and “position.” It is what makes a

painting seem to have form, distance, and look "real" (Evans, 2002). It is projected
according to its levels namely:
foreground,
middle ground,

and background.

Shapes. It is an element in painting that helps express ideas. It helps to interact,

and independently evoke agitation, purposeful energy, direction, etc. They maybe
circles, rectangles, ovals, or square. It is an area with defined boundary created by a
variety of color, value or texture of the areas adjacent to it.
Symbols. The Artists often include symbolic objects in their paintings that have
a special meaning or a special message. It is used to express ideas such as death,
hope, life, etc.

Application:

Spiral Shapes

Materials Needed: canvass, acrylic paint

Instruction: this is one the easiest among homemade canvas art

ideas. To try these canvas painting ideas, paint the canvas in a base
color and let it dry. Use a color which will stand out on the basse
color and design a thick spiral shape on it. For example, black base
coat and turquiose blue spiral.

Sample output
Kindly refer to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxMg3ipxoNo

Provide a documentation while making the activity. Then, submit it to your

instructor via email add or any online platforms. e.g. Facebook messenger

Congratulations! Well done! You have just successfully finished Lesson 1!

In the next lesson, you will learn the mediums of painting. If you have question and
clarifications feel free to contact your instructor.
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