Art Creative Practise Unit 1/2

Art Elements

• Colour

• Line

• Shape

• Form

• Texture

• Tone

• Sound

• Time

• Light

Art Principles

• Balance

• Contrast

• Scale

• Proportion

• Emphasis (focal point)

• Space

• Unity/variety

• Repitition/Pattern

• Rhythm

• Movement

Structural Lens

• Dominant elements and principles and their effect

• Meanings and messages connected to the elements and principles

• Materials, techniques and processes connected to the elements and principles

• Style of artwork (connect to meaning)

• Where is the work seen (museums, galleries..)

• Viewing context (how might it be interpreted?)

Personal Lens

• Relationship with the artist’s life and experiences?

• Does it reflect the artist’s beliefs, values, experiences and ideas?

• How might the artwork be linked to the artist’s feelings, beliefs or values

Leith Mcregor Artwork

The European, 2009

Rene Magritte

The Lovers, 1928

FrankenHaler

The mountains and sea, 1952