art chapter 1

Why do people make art

-hobby

Express emotion

-religion

Stories

Culture

Types of art

-painting

Drawing

Sculpture

Fiber art

Clay

Music

Crafts

Percive

To look deeper

Purposes of art

Personal

Social

Spiritual

Educational

Folk artists

No training

Where do artist get ideas

Nature

People/real world events

myths and legends

Religion

Three properties of any peice of art

1 subject what is it about

2 composition how is it laid out

3 content why

Asthedics

The philosophy of the study of the hetare and value of the art

Hatching

Making lines to shade

Cross hatching

Using crossed lines to shade

Blending

Rubbing the pencil to get a smooth look

Stippling

Making little dots to shade

Pigment

Natural(bugs plants rocks)

Binder

What makes the paint stick(eggs yolk oil chemicals)

Solvent

Controls thin and thick

Oil based paint

Binder- linseed oil

Solvent- Turpintine

Watercolor

Binder-gum aribic

Solvent-water

Tempera

Binder-yolks

Solvent-water

Acrylic

Binder-chemicals

Solvent- water

Sculpture

3D art heights width depth

Sculpture in the round

Free standing

Statue

Air all the way around

Relief sculpture

Has a back

Modeling

Playdough (additive)

Carving

Cut chip or remove stuff to make a sculpture ( subtractive)

Casting

Make copies

Melt dry melt dry

Assembling

Glue stuff together

Louise Nevelson drill saw weld

Fine art

Just to look at

Applied art

Look at it and use it

Line

An element of art that is the path of a moving point through space

Vertical line

Up and down

Horizontal

Side to side

Horizon-where the sky Meets the water

Diagonal

Sloped like a slide

Curved

Like a rainbow

Zig zag

Like lighting

Length

Short or long

Width

Thick or thin

Texture

The feel the look

Degree of curve

Direction

Landscape

Outside,Nature

Watercolor

Thin see through transparent