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CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS

FROM THE REGIONS
QUARTER 2 – MODULE 4-5

ARTISTIC SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES TO

CONTEMPORARY ART CREATIONS

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INTRODUCTION (What I Need to Know?)

As you have explored in the previous modules, artists have their own way of expressing
art using different kinds of mediums/ materials and manner by which materials are processed and
transformed. In appreciating artistic skills and techniques to contemporary art creations, whether
of its creativity and or of its efficient functions, we need our senses. Thus, on the process of giving
attention to it, we understand or make sense of a work of art.
So, let’s get ready. Happy learning!

(MELC) Most Essential Learning Competency

Applies artistic skills and techniques in the process of creation.

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

a. identify artistic skills and techniques in the process of creation;
b. distinguish artistic skills and techniques in creating artworks;
c. create an artistic skills and techniques in the process of creation.

DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIVITIES (What is It? )

ARTISTIC SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES TO CONTEMPORARY ART
CREATIONS
The previous lesson scanned the arts and crafts in Mindanao. We were able to study the
attire, textiles, and tapestries created by B’laan, Bagobos, T’boli, Maranaos and Yakan groups. We
also recognized some Mindananoan contemporary artists and their masterpieces. These artists
shared some of their techniques in making contemporary artworks. These artistic skills and
techniques will be elaborated in this lesson.
Many contemporary artists do not have formal studies in the fine arts. Many of them are self-
taught. Concerned with the development of their talent and skills in art making, they study on their
own, interact with artists and read a lot about lives of artists and their artworks. They also explore
the materials in hardware stores, experiment with chemical reactions on their base material. Some
hire resin makers, house painters and materials fabricators to help them in constructing artworks.
In this lesson, we will learn the meaning of “artistic skill” and “technique” through actual and
hands-on activities. We will also learn that artists’ choice of material and how they use these
materials are at the heart of making art, and that these involves process and transformation.

ARTISTIC SKILLS
With the broadening of the art world, many people are getting confused about what qualifies
as an artistic skill. Artistic skills are abilities that are possessed by artists who operate within a
fine art capacity.
Each artist uses different mediums to develop their artistic skills. A medium is defined
as the material, or the substance out of which a work is made. Through these
materials, the artists express and communicate feelings and ideas. (Study.com.
Accessed July 30, 2020. https://study.com/academy/lesson/fundamental-art-
techniques- processes-materials.html.)

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The medium also defines the nature of the art form as follows:

 The sculptor uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass. Sculptures fall within the
category of “three-dimensional” arts because they occupy space and have volume.
Pottery is a form of sculpture. Other examples are nudes or figures such as Guillermo
Tolentino’s Oblation, ritual objects such as bulul wood carvings in the cordillera, or
the santos or carvings of saints in Christian churches.

 The architect uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone, concrete and various building
materials. Buildings are also called “three-dimensional”. However, architecture has
the added element of time since we move into structures.
 The painter uses pigments (e. g. watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink,
etc.) on a usually flat ground (wood, canvas, paper, stone wall such as cave paintings.)
 The printmaker uses ink printed or transferred on a surface (wood, metal plates, or
silk screen) that is keeping with a duplicating or reproducing process. Prints and
paintings are further classified as “two-dimensional” arts, because they include the
surface or ground on which coloring substances are applied. However, while paintings
are unique and one-of-a kind, prints can be reproduced in several pre-determined
editions.
 The musician uses sound and instruments (including human voice), while the
dancers use the body. A T’boli chanter sings creation stories in a way that is different
from a classical singer or pop music influenced by the Western music scale.
 The dancer uses he body and its movement. Dance is often accompanied by music,
but there are dances that do not rely on musical accompaniment to be realized. Dance
can tell stories, but the other times, they convey abstract ideas that do not rely on a
narrative.
 The theater artist integrates all the arts and uses the stage, production design,
performance elements, and script to enable the visual, musical, dance and other
aspects to come together as a whole work.
 The photographer and filmmaker use the camera to record the outside world. The
filmmaker uses the cinematographic camera to record and put together production
design, sound engineering, performance, and screenplay. In digital photography and
film, the images can be assimilated into the computer, thus eliminating the need for
celluloid or negatives, processing chemicals, or print.
 The writer of a novel, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction uses words. The designer,
the performance artist and installation artist combine use of the range or materials
above.
(Study.com. Accessed July 30, 2020.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/fundamental-art-techniques- processes-
materials.html.)
TECHNIQUE
Technique is the way artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired
formal effect, and communicate the desired concept, or meaning, according to his or
her personal style (modern, Neoclassic, etc.). The distinctive character or nature of the
medium determines the technique. (“Skills, Techniques and Production in
Contemporary Art.” prezi.com. Accessed July 30, 2020. https://prezi.com/vmtj7cl-
lscq/skills-techniques-and-production-in-contemporary-art/.)

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 Technique involves tools and technology, ranging from most traditional (for example
carving, silkscreen, analog photography, and filmmaking) to the most contemporary
(digital photography, digital filmmaking, music production, industrial design, and
robotics).

Here are some of art techniques used by artists.

 Collage – is the technique of an art production used in the visual arts where the
artwork is made from on assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
Collage may sometimes include magazines and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paints,
bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs,
and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas.
 Decollage – is the opposite of collage; instead of an image is being built up all or parts
of existing images, it is created by cutting, treating away or otherwise removing pieces
of an original image. The French word “Decollage” in English means “Take-off” or “To
become Unglued” or “To become unstuck”. Example of decollage include cut-up
technique. Similar technique is the lacerated poster, a poster in which one has been
over another.
 Graffiti – are writing or drawings that have been scribed, scratched, or painted illicitly
on a wall or other surface, often in a public space. Graffiti range from simple written
words to elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti may express underlying social and political
messages, and a whole genre of artistic expression is based spray paint graffiti styles.
 Land Art – earth works, or earth arts is an art movement in which landscape and the
work of art are inextricably linked. It is also an art form that is created in nature, using
natural materials such as soil, rock (bed rock, bolders, stones), organic media (logs,
branches, leaves), and water which introduced materials such as concrete, metal
asphalt, or mineral pigments.
 Digital Arts – is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as an
essential part of the creative or presentation process. Digital art is work made with
digital technology or presented on digital technology. This includes images done
completely on computer or hand-drawn images scanned into a computer and finished
using a software program like Adobe Illustrator. Digital art can also involve animation
and 3D virtual sculpture renderings as well as projects that combine several
technologies. Some digital art involves manipulation of video images. After some
resistance, the impact of digital technology has transformed activities such as
paintings, drawing, sculpture, and music/sound art, while new form such as net art.
 Mixed Media – It refers to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally
distinct visual art. For example, work on canvas that combines paint, ink and collage.
When creating a painted or photograph work using mixed media, it is important to
choose the layers carefully and allow enough dying time between the layers to ensure
the final work will have structural integrity, if many different layers are imposed. Many
effects can be achieved by using mixed media. Found objects can be used in
conjunction with the traditional artist to attain a wide range of self- expression.
 Print Making – is the process of making artworks by painting, normally in the
paper. Prints are created by transforming ink from a matrix ink from a matrix
or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material. (“Skills,
Techniques and Production in Contemporary Art.” prezi.com. Accessed July
30, 2020. https://prezi.com/vmtj7cl-lscq/skills-techniques-and-production-

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 in-contemporary-art/.)

 Common types of matrices include metal plates, usually copper or zinc, or polymer
plates for engraving or etching; stone aluminum of polymer for lithography; blocks of
wood crafts and wood graving; and linoleum for linocuts. Screen made of silk or
synthetic fabrics are used for the screen-printing process.
 Frottage – is the technique of rubbing with crayon on a piece of paper which has been
placed over an object or an image. The impression of the image can be created using
leaves, woods, wire screen, or metal with embossed image or words.
 Decalcomania – is the process of applying gouache to paper or glass then transferring
a reversal of the image onto canvas or other flat materials.
 Decoupage – is done by adhering cut-outs of paper and then coating these with one or
transparent coating of varnish.
 Eggshell mosaic - is an artistic technique that uses tiny parts of eggshell to create a
whole image or object. Mosaics are usually assembled using small tiles that are square,
but they can also be round or randomly shaped.
 Trapunto painting – is the technique used by Pacita Abad where her canvases are
padded, sewn, and often filled with sequins, beads, shell, buttons, tiny mirrors, bits of
glass, rickrack, swatches of precious textiles and other things that she picks up from
her travels and journey.
Art is considered an “artifact’ when it is directly experienced and perceived. It can be
spatial and static or unmoving (e.g., a painting or building, or a novel) or time based and
in motion (e.g., a live theater production, mobile sculpture).

To know the full meaning of a work, it is also necessary to study the material from
which it is made and how it is made.
(“Skills, Techniques and Production in Contemporary Art.” prezi.com. Accessed
July 30, 2020. https://prezi.com/vmtj7cl-lscq/skills-techniques-and-
production-in-contemporary-art/.)

Collage Land Arts Digital Arts Graffiti

Mixed Media Decollage Printmaking Eggshell Mosaic

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 Frottage Decalcomania Decoupage Trapunto Painting

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ACTIVITY 1: CHOOSE ME!

Directions: Select the letter of the correct answer and write it in your answer sheet.
1. An artwork made with digital technology or presented on digital technology. This
includes images done completely on computer.
a. Collage b. Land art c. Print Making d. Digital Art
2. Earth work or Earth art movement in which created in using natural materials such
as rock, soil, organic media, and water.
a. Decollage b. Frottage c. Land art d. Graffiti
3. It is the art process of making artworks by painting normally in the paper.
a. Mixed media b. Print Making c. Collage d. Digital Art
4. Instead of an image is being built up, all parts of existing images, it is created by
cutting or treating away from its original image.
a. Graffiti b. Decollage c. Land art d. Decalcomania
5. These are writings or drawing that have been scribe, scratched, or painted illicitly on
a wall or other surface often in a public space.
a. Land Arts c. Digital Arts c. Frottage d. Graffiti

ACTIVITY 2: IMAGINE ALL!

Directions: Imagine that you are in an art exhibit in your place, answer the following
questions by giving your own idea on the given topics.
Guide Questions:
1. What artistic skills, mediums and techniques should I use?
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 2. How big or small is my exhibit? Should I display it inside or outside the mall?
________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Should I open my art exhibit to public?

________________________________________________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 3: CREATE ME!

Directions: Create your own collage that promotes and encourages learners to get involve
in art making. Use different materials like cartolina, coupon bond or illustration board.

ASSESSMENT

I. Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.

1. ______is a defined as the material, or the substance out of which a work is made.
A. Artistic Skills B. Technique C. Medium D. Natures of Art
2. Which of the following is classified as “two-dimensional” art?
A. Pottery B. Sculpture C. Paintings D. Installation art
3. The following uses “words” as a medium for making art expect .
A. Nonfiction B. Novel C. Sculpture D. Poetry
4. These are the abilities that are possessed by artists who operate within a
fine art capacity.
A. Artistic Skills B. Techniques C. Mediums D. Natures of Art
5. These are the manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to
achieve the desired formal effect, and communicate the desired concept, or
meaning, according to his or her personal style
A. Artistic Skills B. Techniques C. Mediums D. Natures of Art

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II. Directions: Write the BEST word from column B that best describes in column A.
Write the correct letter in your answer sheet.
Column A Column B
1. It is made on assemblage of different forms a. Take-Off
2. “Decollage” in English word means? b. Collage
3. A writing and drawing that have been scribbled, c. Printmaking
Scratched, or painted on a wall.
4. It is an art form that is created in nature using d. Mixed Media
Natural materials such as soil, rock etc.
5. An artistic work or practice that uses digital e. Land-art
technology as an essential part of creation.
6. Visual art that combines various traditionally f. Digital Arts
distinct visual art media.
7. It is created by cutting, treating away or other- g. Graffiti
wise removing pieces of the original image.
8. It is created by transforming ink from a matrix h. Decollage
or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper. i. Frottage
9. It can be created using leaves, woods, wire screen, j. Mosaic
or metal with embossed image or words.
10. done by adhering cut-outs of paper and then k. Decoupage
coating these with one or transparent coating of
varnish.

III. Directions: Explain in 3 sentences the given statement below. Write your answer
in your answer sheet. Rubrics will be used to rate your work.
1. What do you think is the most recent trend among the techniques mentioned in
the lesson? Why?
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Rubrics
Rubrics
CRITERIA DESCRIPTION POINTS
Organization The concept was clearly 5
and creatively conveyed
Content The content was clearly 5
discussed
Presentation The idea was clearly 5
presented based on the
work used.
Total: 15

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ANSWER KEY OF ACTIVITIES

What’s New (Activity 1:

Multiple Choice)
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. D

Activity 3.
Refer to Rubrics to rate the
students work.
Activity 3.
Refer to Rubrics to rate the
References work.
students

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Datulin, Flaudette May, Louise Marcelino, Roberto Paulino, and Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez.

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 DIVISION QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT TEAM IN HUMSS

WRITER: RIZAL R. TINAZA

VALIDATORS:
DR. MARILEX A. TERCIAS
DR. ALBERTO O. RABANG
JEANNEROSE M. ACOSTA
MA. JOCELYN J. SOTONG
VICTOR B. ABAN
DR. EUGENE M. TORALBA
DR. VIRGINIA B. FREGILLANA
ZOSIMA IRENE H. FERNANDEZ
DANILO T. SIBLAG
JAMELIE M. CRISPINO

CONSULTANTS:
DR. DANILO C. SISON DR. TEODORA V. NABOR
DR. CORNELIO R. AQUINO DR. JEROME S. PARAS
DR. MAYBELENE C. BAUTISTA

ANSWER KEY FOR ASSESSMENT

I. II.

1. C 1. b
2. C 2. a
3. C 3. g
4. A 4. e
5. B 5. f
6. d
7. h
8. c
9. i
10. k

III.
Answers may vary. Refer to
Rubrics.

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