INTRODUCTION TO

FINE ARTS
 WHAT IS ART?
ART IS THE:
Ability of creating something meaningful.
Attainable Skill by the use of observation and practice.
Result of human creativity.
Expression of one’s dream.
Expression of one’s feelings.
Representation of a story without words.
Reflection of the Human Condition.
 WHY ART IS IMPORTANT
Tell a story=emotions, experiences, fantasies, dreams
Enhances our lives, our environment.
Create beauty.
Brings attention to SOCIAL AND POLITICAL chaos and order.
Record events of the past and present times.
Connect with other people. Influences people to spend money.
Tell the truth. Creates conflicts. Brings new thoughts
Send a Message, help us to see the world in a different way.
Bring us close to God.
FINE ARTS AND APPLIED ART.
FINE ARTS: APPLIED ARTS:

Drawing
Industrial Design
Painting
Graphic Design
Sculptures
Ceramics.
Prints
 FORMS IN ART
TWO DIMENSIONAL THREE DIMENSIONAL
FLAT SURFACE. HAS HEIGHT, WIDTH, DEPTH.

Paintings, Drawings, Prints. Sculptures, Reliefs.

 ART ANALYSIS
• The purpose of a visual analysis is to recognize and
understand the visual choices the artist made in
creating the artwork. By observing and writing
about separate parts of the art object, you will
come to a better understanding of the art object as
a whole.
• Try to figure out the purpose, message, the
historical background and the emotional
expression of the Artist.
 Elements of art
TWO DIMENSIONAL ART
1. LINES:
o Connection between two dots.
oWalking dot.
oMark or Area that is significantly longer
than it is wide.
 LINES

DESCRIPTIVE: DIRECTIONAL LINES:

Provide information about an Guide us to our destination
object and its location. without effort.

IMPLIED LINES:  CALLIGRAPHY:

Suggestions of a line, incomplete. The art of hand writing:
• Negative Areas
• Positive Areas
• Edges lines.
Expressive Lines: • Curved lines: unhurried pleasure,
Represent emotional qualities. love, happiness.
• Sharp lines: Anger, Chaos,
Excitement, Danger.
• Wide Fast line: royalty, pride,
directness, boldness

• Flat lines: calmness, rest, quiet • Lyrical lines: Romance, Passion,

moments, reflection. Intimate emotions.
 TWO DIMENSIONAL SHAPE
Filled and Unfilled Areas: Imaginary shapes: shapes that
Shapes created by negative and have no connection with the
positive spaces. real world. Abstract.
 TWO DIMENTIONAL SPACE
Placement of the image. Objects
are placed high or low. Close/far
Overlapping, an object in-front
of another.
Scale Change: Objects are lined
up from big to small.
Linear Perspective, is based on
“one point perspective”.
Atmospheric Perspective,
objects fade away in the
distance.
Two dimensional space

Point of View, the angle form • Spatial Illusion: to twist the

where the artist place us in reality around and create
relation to the main subject. impossibilities.
 TEXTURE
The way a surface feels when we touch it.
The quality of a surface.
Feel
Appearance
Consistency of substance, fabric or surface.
• Rough
• Smooth
• Soft
• Hard
• sharp
TEXTURE LIKE
EFFECT:
Representation of
an image created
by the repetition
of one element of
design.
 TYPES OF TEXTURE
• REAL, ACTUAL. Feels the • SIMULATES, OR IMPLIED.
same way in touch as in Deceives.
sight.
 LIGHT
The element that makes things visible

• Reflection: the projection of an • Lighting: the way a subject is lit

image that appears identical by the sun or artificial light.
but reversed.
 TIME
The right or agreed moment to do something.
• Illusion of Movement: • Captured Moment:
Representation of an image in Representation of an image
sequence of motion. that has been capture in the
moment of its movement in
time.
 COLOUR
Pigment, hue.
• PRIMARY COLOURS: Blue, Red, Yellow. Can not be produced by mixing
others and many colours are produce by combining them.
• SECONDARY COLOURS: Mixture of the primary colours. Green,
Orange, Purple.
• TERTIARY COLOURS: Mixture of primary and secondary colours: blue-
green. Yellow-green. Orange-yellow. Red-orange. Etc.
• White (absence of colour) and Black (mixture of the three primary
colours). Black and white are not belong to any of those groups.
Colours mixed with white are called: TINT
Colours mixed with black are called: SHADE
VALUE: GRADATION OF COLOUR FROM LIGHT TO DARK. Or vise- versa.
colours

• USE OF COLOURS:
Local : predictable colours that we apply according to our experience since
childhood.
Interpretive: chosen by the artist to send a message.
Cool: related to water.
Warm: related to heat.
Combinations of colours:
o Complementary: colours that lie opposite to each other on the colour
wheel.
o Analogous: three or four colours lying next to each other on the colour
wheel.
o Monochromatic: One colour in different values. From dark to light.
o Triad colour scheme: Three colours equally spaced on the color wheel.