Lesson No.

3
Contemporary Visual Arts in the
Philippines
• The term “visual arts” encompasses a wide
range of forms created by folk and indigenous
people.
• Traditionally, these visual art forms include
painting, sculpture, and architecture.
• Other forms of visual art are advertising,
basketry, metal craft, mat weaving, pottery and
textile weaving.
• Artists also began using non – traditional
materials and media, such as cloth for sculpture
and three- dimensional artworks and an
integration of agar, metal, and glass.
• Each visual art form not only exhibits the skills of
the artist, but also showcases the ideas coming
from the mind of that artist.
Art and Its Visual Elements
1. Lines
• This refers to a prolongation of a point,
or a mark on a surface.
• Solid lines can be used in order to define
form while broken lines are typically
used to suggest hidden forms
• Lines are also used to suggest
dimensions, and to guide visual
movement.
 Meaning of Lines

Vertical Lines
• It signifies ambition and
strength
Solid Diagonal Line

• It usually signifies dynamic

action, conflict, and stress
 Broken Lines
• It suggest that there are lines
hidden from the viewer
 2. Shape and Mass

• This element of art refers to

an area with boundaries
identified or drawn using
lines.
 Organic Shapes
• A shape may be based
on natural or living forms,
and it can irregular or
rounded.
Geometric Shapes

• A shape may be based

on measured forms.
Two – Dimensional Three - Dimensional
4. Colors
• This refers to visual perception that allows a
person to differentiate objects due to the way
various wavelengths of light are reflected.
• It is very important element because it can
communicate information and emotion to the
viewer.
 Three Properties of Color
Hue
• Refers to the basic or pure
color, and is represented in
the color wheel.
 Value
• Refers to the lightness and
darkness of color. A light
color or tint is the result of
adding white to a hue, while
a dark color or shade
results from adding black to
a hue.
 Saturation
• Refers to the brightness and
dullness of the color. It is also
referred to as purity of the color. A
bright color can be produced by
adding more pigment to the same
hue, while a dull color can be
produced by adding gray or
color’s complement to the
pigment
 Color Wheel
• It is an arrangement of
primary, secondary and
tertiary colors, and an
important tool to identify
which colors can work
well if used in a certain
artwork
 Color Schemes
Monochromatic
• This color scheme
involves using the same
hue but with different
gradients of value.
 Analogous
• It entails the use of
three or four
adjacent colors in
the color wheel.
 Complementary
• It involves the use of
a color and its
complement -,
meaning the color
located opposite of
the first color.
 Split - Complementary
• It is a close relative to the
complementary color
scheme. But instead of using
the color’s complement, this
scheme uses the two colors
adjacent to the complement.
 Triadic
• It uses three colors
that are equal
distance with each
other.
 Tetradic
• Also known as double
complementary color
scheme, this uses two
pairs of complementary
colors.
 5. Value
• This element refers to
lightness or darkness of
an area. This element is
evident in creating
shadows for a two –
dimensional object to give
illusion of depth.
 6. Texture
• This element refers to the
feel or appearance of a
surface.
• A person may described
texture if the surface is
smooth or rough.
 7. Space
• Refers to the area
that is occupied
by an object or a
subject, as well as
the area
surrounding that
object or subject.
 Atmospheric Perspective
• Utilizes the
properties of light
and air in depicting
the illusion of
distance
 Linear Perspective
• Involves the use of
vanishing points and
receding hidden
lines
8. Time and Motion
• Movements in the visual arts
can either be an illusion or
an actual motion. An illusion
of movement is more
common in two –
dimensional artworks.
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