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ART
APPRECIATION

Module Writer

DANDY ACAPULCO DAROCA

MODULE

Five
MODULE CONTENT
PAINTINGS

LESSON 1:
 Elements of Painting

LESSON 2:
 The Color Wheel and its Categories

LESSON 3:
 Symbolism and Meaning of Primary Colors

LESSON 4:
 Mediums in Painting

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of Module 5 you should be able to:
 Apply the elements of paintings
 Understand the importance of the color wheel
 Identify the idea about symbolism and its colors
 Apply knowledge about the mediums in painting and its characteristics
 Pre-Assessment Test
INSTRUCTION:
In your own understanding how will you define the
following terms?

1. PAINTING
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2. COLOR
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3. DRAWING
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 ACTIVITY

PAINTING
1. You are going to paint any objects in a/an canvass/illustration board (1/8
size), using different mediums and colors.

2. In a 1 minute video, share/talk about your painting/work.

 ANALYSIS

1. What are the differences between oil and acrylic paints?

2. What do you think are the benefits of paintings in our lives?

3. What is the significant of the secondary color? How they are formed?
 ABSTRACTION

Lesson 1

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.

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).

COLOR

The Artists used colors to convey feelings and moods within their painting. It is
the result of wavelengths of lights reflecting of object.

TEXTURE
 It is a component of two-sided and three-sided designs and distinguished by its
perceived visual and physical properties.

PERPECTIVE

It is an art technique for creating an illusion of three dimensions with depth and
space.

SHAPES

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

independently evoke agitation, purposeful energy, direction, etc.

SYMBOLS

The Artists often include symbolic objects in their paintings that have a special
meaning or a special message.

Lesson 2

THE COLOR WHEEL AND ITS CATEGORIES

Colors play a fundamental role in our lives and how we respond to our
environment. It is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the
categories called blue, green, red, and others. It has two main types, warm and cool
colors.
 Complementary Colors– These colors sit contrary to each other on the color
wheel. Because they are opposites, they tend to look lively when used together.

Analogous Colors – These colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. They
tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related.

Neutral Colors– They are sometimes called "earth tones." These colors don't
usually show up on the color wheel.

Warm Colors– These colors are made with orange, red, yellow or some
combination of these.

Cool Colors– These colors are made with blue, green, purple or some
combination of these.

Lesson 3

SYMBOLISM AND MEANING OF PRIMARY COLORS

Colors can affect our actions and emotions and on how we respond to various
people, things, and ideas.

Red Color- It is a color which is associated with fiery heat and warmth and has strong
symbolism about life and vitality.

Blue Color- It is the color of inspiration, sincerity, and spirituality and often the chosen
color by conservative people.

Yellow Color- It is symbol creativity and intellectual vitality. It also symbolizes

wisdom, happiness and brings awareness and clarity.

Lesson 4

MEDIUMS IN PAINTING
 There are different mediums in paintings used today. It helps to describe the
elements that bind the colors in the paint (Martin, 2004).

OIL- it is the type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended
in drying oils such as linseed oil, poppy seed oil, safflower oil and walnut oil.

PASTEL- It is an art medium in the shape of a stick or crayons. It consists of pure

powdered color and a binder.

ACRYLIC- It is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer

emulsion which becomes water-resistant when dry.

WATERCOLOR- It is the medium which the paints are made of colors suspended in
a water-soluble vehicle.

INK- It is a liquid that contains colors and dyes and is applied to a surface to produce
an image, text, or design.

ENCAUSTIC- It is heated beeswax to which colored stains are added.

FRESCO- It refers to any of several related mural painting types executed on walls,
ceilings or any other kind of flat surface.

GOUACHE- It refers to any of several related mural painting types executed on walls,
ceilings or any other kind of flat surface.

ENAMEL- It is a paint that air dries to a durable, usually glossy and solid finish.

SPRAY PAINT- It is the type of paint that comes in a sealed pressurized battle and
released in a fine spray.

TEMPERA- it is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored

pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder method.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF PAINTING STYLE

The style in painting is in two senses: it can refer to the distinctive visual elements,
techniques, and methods that characterized one's artwork, and can refer to the
movement or school that associated to the artists.
WESTERN STYLE
ABSTRACTION- It is an art in painting which does not attempt to represent an accurate
depiction of a visual reality but instead use colors, shapes, forms and gestural marks to
achieve its effect.

EXPRESSIONISM- In this style, the artists sought to express meaning or emotional

experience rather than physical truth.

BAROQUE- It is characterized by dynamism (a sense of motion), which is augmented by

extravagant effects. Among the most significant Baroque painters are Caravaggio,
Rembrandt, Rubens, Velazquez, Poussin, and Vermeer.

IMPRESSIONISM- It is a type of art presenting the real-life subject with emphasis on the
impression left in the artist's perception, particularly the effect of light on the object used
as a subject.

MODERNISM- It is characterized by a cautious rejection of the styles of the past and

emphasizing innovation and experimentation of materials and techniques instead to
create better artworks.

MODERN STYLES
REALISM- It is a style of painting practiced before the invention of the camera, where
artists depicted landscapes and humans with as much attention to detail and precision
as possible.

SYMBOLISM- It is an art that represents the subject symbolically.

FAUVISM- It refers to art that used brilliant primary colors or color illumination on
subjects like pictures to emphasize comfort, joy, and leisure.

CUBISM- It is a form of abstraction wherein the object is first reduced to cubes and then
flattened into two-dimensional shapes.

SURREALISM- It is a type of art wherein the artist creates dreamlike paintings that filled
with mysterious objects.
 APPLICATIO
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1. How can you improve upon your skills in drawing and painting? Explain.

Congratulations! You have completed module 5 for the Paintings

I hope you had a great time and fun.