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Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Regions

Quarter 2

Module 1

Mediums in
Contemporary
Art
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions – Grade 12
Quarter 2 – Module 1: Mediums in Contemporary Art
First Edition, 2020

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Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Regions
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 1
Mediums in
Contemporary Art

Introductory Message
 For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Contemporary Arts from the Philippine Regions (Grade 12)
Module on Mediums in Contemporary Art!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
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that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions Module on

Mediums in Contemporary Art!
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application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measure how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this lesson, the learner is expected to…
1. identify the mediums used in Contemporary Art;
2. and show understanding of the lesson by identifying artworks that make
use of the mediums and materials discussed in the lesson.

LESSON

Every artwork makes use of a medium – It is the material, tools, or programs an

artwork is made with, as well as where they are posted (digital/online). Some also
refer to it as the type an artwork falls under, such as painting, drawing, and
sculpture. Artists have their own way of using a medium or material, and it is
called technique. Along with technique, artists also make use of craftsmanship, is
the skill of doing what can be done in a medium and the ability to do it (Fieldman,
1981).
Because of the advancement of technology, Contemporary Art now utilizes media in
creating and publishing artworks.
Mediums Used in Contemporary Art
1. Visual Arts pieces are posted on websites such as DeviantArt, Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. Other artists also post videos of how
they create their works on YouTube and, sometimes, Tiktok.
 The most common mediums used in creating drawings include graphite
pencils, charcoal, pen & ink, colored pencils, chalk, and oil pastels. While
the surfaces used in drawings include sketch paper, illustration board, and
sandpaper.
 Painting mediums include watercolor, oil paint, and acrylic. Binder is the
material which makes each painting medium unique. It is the substance
that hold the pigment, which provide the color, together. Most watercolor
brands make use of Gum Arabic. Oil paints commonly use Linseed Oil, but
other brands also use Safflower Oil or Poppy Seed Oil. Finally, acrylic paint’s
binder is acrylic polymer.
The watercolor, oil, and acrylic paints make use of different mediums unique
to them. For watercolor, it makes use of a masking fluid, paper tape, and
three kinds of watercolor paper, namely, cold press, hot press, and rough.
For oil paint, artists use different kinds of oils, solvents, alkyd, varnish, and
canvas are utilized. And acrylic painting mediums include gel medium,
glazing medium, and retarding medium.
Lastly, other tools and mediums used in painting include easels, palette,
palette knives, and brushes.
  Sculpting utilizes several materials, including wood, glass, metal, fabric,
rubber, wax, stone, and various materials combined called “found objects”.
Additionally, tools are also used in making sculptures, such as molds and
texture tools, scrapers, calipers, modeling tools, cutters, and trimming tools.
 In printmaking, artists make use of a template that is made of either wood
or metal, and sometimes even rubber, then ink is applied with a roller brush
on the template and pressed onto paper or fabric.
Along with the materials mentioned above, each kind of printmaking
technique also utilizes different materials. In relief printing, artists use block
printing ink, as well as carving tools in creating the pattern on the template.
Intaglio printing makes use of etching ink and a tool called “burin” to make
engravings on a metal plate. Lastly, serigraphy makes use of a mesh screen,
squeegee, and stencil.
 The most common materials used in Philippine Architecture are concrete,
wood, steel, plastic, stone, textile, glass, brick, and bamboo. Additionally,
architects work with different tools, such as pens, tracing papers, laser
distance meter, measuring tools (triangle, scale, rulers, T-squares), scale
figures, as well as computer programs like Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, and
SketchUp.
 Photography’s medium is a camera, and it 8 of the most common kinds are
DSLR, mirrorless, point and shoot, smartphone, medium format,
instant/polaroid, action, and 360 cameras. Images can remain in digital
formats, such as JPEG or JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and RAW, but they can also
be printed on glossy, matte, canvas, transfer, and sticker papers.

2. Performing Arts
 Music mediums can either be vocal or instrumental. Vocal music is
performed by one or more singers through their voice, while instrumental
music is when musicians create music with instruments. Musical
instruments have 5 major kinds: wind (e.g. flute, clarinet, harmonica), brass
(e.g. trumpet, trombone, French horn), percussion (e.g. triangle, xylophone,
drums), string (e.g. harp, guitar, violin), and electronic (e.g. piano keyboards,
synthesizers, rhythm machines).
Popular programs and websites where music is accessible are YouTube,
Spotify, and SoundCloud.
 In dance, the human body is the main medium used in creating art. Not
only that, but the use and relationship of dance with sound, movement, and
space are also used as mediums.
 Theater productions use different mediums, including costumes, makeup,
lighting, space, set, props, actions, and dialogue.

3. The mediums used in Literary Arts are words and language. Due to the rising
popularity of electronic literature, literary works, like short stories and novels, are
now getting posted in websites such as Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, and even
Twitter.
Furthermore, audio books are also getting popular because of services like Audible
and Google Audiobooks.
Lastly, academic and professional texts are also shared in digital libraries such as
Scribd, Academia, Research Gate, Google Scholar, and LinkedIn.
4. Media Arts utilize media technologies, such as televisions, radio, and both
computer hardware and software, to create and produce art.
  Filmmaking, just like the ones mentioned in photography, makes use of
cameras, however, digital file formats of films are different from images, such
as AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV, FLV, and SWF.
There are a lot of processes done in producing films, hence a variety of
computer programs are used. In writing a screenplay, the popular programs
are Final Draft and StudioBinder. In editing and rendering, Final Cut Pro for
Apple products and Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects for Windows
PCs are popular, but due to the convenience and improvements in the
capabilities of mobile devices, KineMaster and FilmoraGo are among the
popular choices.
 In digital painting, graphic tablets with computer programs are used by
artists. Graphic tablets have different kinds, such as digitizer pen tablets,
monitor tablets, tablet PCs, and mobile tablets (iPad, Android tablets).
Popular programs in computers include Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator,
Corel Painter, and Clip Studio Paint, then for mobile, ProCreate, Ibis Paint,
and Adobe Illustrator Draw.
 In traditional animation, artists use pencils, papers, and tracing papers.
However, nowadays, artists have transitioned to graphic tablets, just like in
digital painting. Popular animation programs include Adobe Flash, Adobe
After Effects, Autodesk Maya, and even Microsoft PowerPoint.

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