ART PERSPECTIVES
Final review
1. “Fine Art: “Art for Art’s sake”. An original, new idea. (Picasso, Michelangelo)
2. “Applied Art”: “Art for a purpose”, solving a problem (commercial art, industrial design)
3. “Craft”: Skill with little or no creativity. Functional object (pottery, quilting)
4. The Creative Formula
Stage 1:Spark (inspiration): start with a problem to be solved; brainstorm; observe;
become aware of relationships.
Stage 2:Planning (calculation): decision-making phase. Selection of materials. Refine
visual elements: gather visual references.
Stage 3:Communication (execution): create the project. Maintain craftsmanship, and
integrity
5. The Three Phases of Drawing: Gesture, Contour Line, Rendering
6. Trammel Method
7. Rendering Methods: blended/smudging method, hatching method, stipple, ink wash
8. Diagrammatic Lines: hidden lines
9. Color wheel- including neutrals and non-colors
Primary Colors: The fundamental colors, cannot be created by mixture (R, Y, B)
Secondary Colors: Mixing two primaries (G, O, V)
Tertiary Colors: Mixing a primary with the adjacent secondary color
Achromatic: Without color (black and white)
Monochromatic: Uses one hue and all the values of that hue
Analogous: Colors that sit side by side on a the color wheel and share a common hue.
Triadic: Three colors equally spaced on the color wheel.
Complementary: Opposite colors on the color wheel
SplitComplementary: The combination of one hue plus the hues on each side of it’s
complement (R + YG + BG)
Hue: The name of a spectral color (colors on the color wheel)
Tint: A light value of a hue (add white)
Tone: A neutralized value of a hue (add grey)
Shade: A dark value of a hue
Highlight: The brightest, best light part of an object. Value is lighter than the local color.
Local Color: The true color of an object in natural light
Value: The lightness or darkness of a color, by adding black or white
Intensity: Brightness or dullness of a hue (pure hue vs. adding the complement to it)
Key: High key paintings, landscapes in bright sunlight
Low key paintings, landscapes on a gloomy day
10. Orthographic Drawing: Three views of an object- top, front and side
11. Linear Perspective: horizon line, measuring line, primary corner, vanishing points, measuring points, station point