Art exam

T E R M	D E F I N I T I O N
Composition	The placement of figures and objects; the overall organisation of an artwork.
Subject Matter	What you can see in an artwork. The focus or topic. For example: a fruit bowl, a landscape scene, a woman.
Medium (singular) /Media (plural) /Materials	Physical resources, equipment including technologies, and information used to make artworks. For example: a sculpture in the medium of bronze or marble; a painting in the medium of oil paint on canvas.
Stylistic features	Style is basically the way the artist portrays subject matter and how the artist expresses their vision. It may include things like how the artist or movement uses the elements and principles, a medium or a technique or even subject matter.
Aesthetic Qualities	Aesthetic qualities relate to the mood or feeling created by an artwork. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of beauty and taste. the visual appearance of an artwork the emotional impact or response that the artwork generates. the use of art elements and art principles that allow the artist to convey a certain mood and evoke feelings in the viewer. the materials and techniques used in an artwork to create traits that speak to the overall feeling, mood, or emotion of the artwork.
Art form/s	An art form is an established form of artistic expression. Art forms can include but are not limited to painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, film, video, ceramics, sound, photography, digital artworks, installations, performance, textiles, and street art.
Technique	The method of using media and materials to achieve a specific effect. For example, techniques for painting are fresco, dry brushing, impasto, underpainting, oil painting.
Art Period vs. Movement	*Art periods* are long periods of time grouped together by art historians. An *art movement* is formed by a collection of artists, with a common set goals, techniques, or associated art style.
Art Practice	*Practice* refers to the way in which an artist works; their individual ideas, subject matter, conceptual possibilities, influences and inspiration and the style of their work dependent on the period and culture in which they are working. Practice also includes the materials, techniques, processes and artforms which the artist works with.
Art Process	*Process* consists of the five stages used when artists create artworks: explore, develop, refine, resolve, and present. The art process is documented in a visual diary.

The colour theory information presented in this section, has been summarised in a handout for you to paste into your visual diary and refer to during the semester.

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T H E C O L O U R W H E E L

P R I M A R Y C O L O U R S

In traditional colour theory, these are the 3 pigment colours that can not be mixed or created by any combination of other colours.

All other colors are derived from these 3 hues.

S E C O N D A R Y C O L O U R S

These are the colors formed by mixing two primary colors together.

T E R T I A R Y C O L O U R S

These are the colours formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color. That's why the hue is a two-word name, such as blue-green, red-violet, and yellow-orange.

W A R M C O L O U R S

C O O L C O L O U R S

T I N T S & S H A D E S

T I N T: a colour lightened by adding white.

S H A D E: a colour darkened by adding black.

A N A L O G O U S C O L O U R S

Analogous colours are any three colours which are side by side on a 12-part colour wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. Usually, one of the three colours dominates.

C O M P L I M E N T A R Y C O L O U R S

Complementary colours are directly opposite each other on the colour wheel and are: Red & Green, Purple & Yellow, Blue & Orange.

A R T E L E M E N T S & P R I N C I P L E S

The Art Elements & Principles are the basic building blocks of any artwork. For an Artist, they are like the ingredients in a recipe to a Chef and can be used in never-ending ways.

We will be learning about the Art Elements and Principles and exploring how they are used by Artists in different ways. Your teacher will guide you through the presentation below.

A R T E L E M E N T S

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A R T P R I N C I P L E S

T H E A R T P R O C E S

Although artists may often have a great idea for an artwork that they are excited about, they typically follow a ‘process’ or series of steps, to make sure that they have considered all possible ideas.

As well as this, it is important for an artist to test how they will use media (paint, pencil etc.) and plan what they are going to do. This ensures that they get the best artwork possible. Even though this seems very structured, after a while, artists tend to do this naturally. We call this the Art process.