CONTEMPORARY

PHILIPPINE ARTS
FROM THE REGIONS
VISUAL ELEMENTS OF ART
• Value - Element of art associated with the darkness or
lightness of a color

• Value scale - a guide to creating a range of value, good

pieces of art have a full range of value
PROPERTIES OF VALUE
1. TINT
2. SHADES

3. HIGHLIGHT

4. SHADOWS
TINT is created when you add white to a color and
lighten it.
SHADES is created when you add black to a color
and darken it.
HIGHLIGHT is indicated by the tint of a color.
This refers to the area where the light effects is more
intense

SHADOW is indicated by the shades in the color. It

is an area of relative darkness.
 PROPERTIES OF VALUE
1. TINT- created when you add white to a color and
lighten it.
2. SHADES- created when you add black to a color
and darken it.
3. HIGHLIGHT- indicated by the tint of a color.
This refers tot he area where the light effects is more
intense
4. SHADOWS- indicated by the shades in the color.
It is an area of relative darkness.
• Texture- refers to the feel or appearance of a surface.
A texture may be described
- is defined as the tactile quality of the surface of
an object--how it feels if touched.
• Texture- refers to the feel or appearance of a surface.
A texture may be described
- is defined as the tactile quality of the surface of
an object--how it feels if touched.
Our sense of touch gives us pleasure.
• Visual art can inspire, provoke, make us think, make us laugh,
make us cry, make us see things in ways we never would have.
Visual art also gives us pleasure. That is part of what makes
texture so important in visual art.
• Texture, like any of the elements of art, can also enhance and
support the artist's concept behind the work. Some artists use
texture as a major influence on our response to the work. In any
work of art, however, texture can draw us in so we spend more
time with the work.
Two kinds of Texture
• Actual texture- can be felt tangibly based on the material
that is used in the artwork. It is what object truly feels. It can
be smooth, rough, bumpy, or furry.
• Implied texture(Visual texture)- is when an artwork is
made to appear or have texture.
Actual texture
Henry Moore:
abstracted
figures with a
fluid surface

Magdalena Abakanowicz: highly

Portrait heads of Benin royalty textured abstracted figures
Visual texture

Anselm Kiefer:
mixed media
as memory and
symbol of the
metaphysical

Vincent Van Gogh, texture as Magdalena Abakanowicz: highly

expression textured abstracted figures
• Space- the element of art that is the area above,
around, and within objects.
• Perspective- is created in the illusion of depth in a
painting, drawing, or graphic.
 KINDS OF PERPECTIVE:

1. Atmospheric Perspective

2. Linear Perspective
1. Atmospheric Perspective
Which utilizes the properties of light and air
depicting the illusion of distance.
2. Linear Perspective
Which involves the use of vanishing points and
receding hidden lines.
Vanishing Point- is the point where all the lines
in a set converge or meet.
Horizon line- horizon lines control perspective and
give you a reference point to control the subjects in
your drawings, paintings, and other forms of art.
TIME AND MOTION
Motion is employed in
both static and in time-
based mediums and can
show a direct action or the
intended path for the
viewer ‘s eye to follow
through a piece.
Woodblock print by Hokusai
Photograph by Dr. Harold
Edgerton
Frederic Remington's painting The Cavalry Charge from 1907.
The painter has captured the horses at full speed, and the expression on the lead horse's face
shows the urgency with which they are running.