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Visual Arts

Group Activity 1
LINES
Take a photo, or find an image of, a building. Paste this image on the next slide. Then,
using colored markers or highlighters, pick out the vertical, horizontal, diagonal,
curved, and organic lines. You will often find vertical lines in the sides of doors,
windows, columns, tree trunks, and the sides of a building. Horizontal lines are often
found at the foundation of the building, above and below doors and windows, and in
the horizon. Any straight line that is not vertical or horizontal will be diagonal.
Curved lines appear in circular and rounded areas. Organic lines appear in natural
objects, such as the landscape, people, animals, and treetops. After you have defined
the lines and where they are in the picture, look at which kind of line is most
common. Why do you think the architect used that particular line orientation so often?
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 MASS OR FORM and
TEXTURE
In filmmaking, implied mass makes it
possible for the director to create
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your own movie about building the
Great Pyramid, what strategies or
materials could you use to imply heavy
stones? How can you re-create the
texture?
PERSPECTIVE
Take a photo, or find an image of, a landscape. Paste this image on the
next slide. Then, using colored markers or highlighters, identify the
perspective and draw directly on the printed page and illustrate where the
vanishing point(s) and orthogonals are. Since orthogonals appear to
converge at a vanishing point, you should be able to draw a series of lines
over the diagonal lines in the photograph until you find a point where they
all appear to converge. How many vanishing points did you find? Since
most vanishing points are on the horizon line, is this line obvious?
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COLOR
Take a photo, or find any image of, a landscape or road. Paste this image
on the next slide. Then, identify the color combination and explain the
meaning it convey using color psychology. Do you think color has a
connection on the type of surrounding? Does color add value to the
image?
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TIME AND MOTION
Cameras and smartphones now offer video modes that almost
anyone can use. This is a fairly recent development. Most users
don’t think about the design of the video: they are simply recording from
their normal vantage point. Good videographers consider other ways of
approaching the subject by changing lighting, setting, and camera angle.
Take two short videos
with a smartphone or camera, but shoot them from the point of view of
someone tiny and then someone gigantic. How does each angle change
the message of the video? Why?
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UNITY, VARIETY AND BALANCE
Asymmetrical balance is achieved in a work of art when the two halves of
a work, when bisected vertically, are not exactly the same but there are
elements in each half that offset the visual “weight” of the other. Find
online an image of an artwork
that uses asymmetrical balance, and paste it on the next slide. On the
image, create a vertical line through the middle of the work. Using your
drawing tool, circle the element on each side that is balanced against those
on the opposite side. Make sure to consider such aspects as negative
spaces balanced against
positive shapes. Do you think that the work is balanced? Why,
or why not?
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EMPHASIS
Find online any artwork that is a classic example of focal point in a work
of art. Which part of the composition is emphasized by
contrast, placement, and line. The use of line is especially effective
because the lines that make up the architectural surroundings conspire to
draw attention to focal point. Paste a copy of the image on the next slide,
using a marker or highlighter, show where the lines are being used to
direct your attention to the focal point of the image. Are there lines that
don’t lead a viewer to the focal point? If so, what do they contribute?
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PATTERN AND RHYTHM
Rhythm in visual design has a great deal in common with rhythm in other
art forms. For example, the sound of a series of musical notes changes in
duration (length), tone (width), and frequency
(space between) in ways that can be translated to visual art.
Some composers, such as Arnold Schoenberg, even created music
based on visual associations. Listen to a short (five-second or less)
segment of music: make a horizontal mark for each note, and leave a
space for each pause between notes. What visual form did the sound
create? Are there other ways that you can make this translation even more
specific, for example by widening and thinning the marks? What does this
process reveal about rhythm?
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