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INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE
The term “visual arts” encompasses a wide range of forms created by
Filipinos. It ranges from Western-influenced visual art forms to works created by folk
and indigenous people. Traditionally, these visual art forms include painting,
sculpture, and architecture. However, there are other functional visual art forms in
the country that need to be appreciated as well. Some of these forms include
advertising art, basketry, metal craft, mat weaving, pottery, and textile weaving.

This part presents all visual art forms presented earlier in this introduction.
However, it should be emphasized that the aim for this part is not to make a clear
delineation of each visual art form. Bear in mind that tackling each art form can help
in understanding further the scope of the visual arts.

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

These are the competencies included in this module:

1. Identifies various contemporary art forms and their practices from the
various regions (CAR11/12IAC-0a-1)

2. Classifies various art forms found in the Philippines (CAR11/12IAC-0b-2)

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WHAT I KNOW
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.

1.This element refers to the way the surface or object looks as it may feel.
a. Time and motion c. Monochromatic
b. Texture d. Shape and mass
2. This refers to the brightness and dullness of color.
a. Saturation c. Texture
b. Value d. Color scheme
3. This refers to the basic or pure color, and is represented in the color wheel.
a. Hue c. Space
b. Tetradic d. Color
4. This painting depicts scenes from ordinary life.
a. Nudes c. Genres
b. Landscapes d. Historical paintings
5. This is also known as sculpture in motion.
a. Book design c. Assemblage
b. Embroidery d. Kinetic sculpture
6. This body adornment involves putting plant dyes into the skin through the
use of a sharp instrument.
a. Tattoo art c. Advertising art
b. Mat weaving d. Welded sculpture
7. This refers to the process of producing images using a light-sensitive
chemical plate or film.
a. Pottery c. Metalcraft
b. Photograph d. Symbolic sculpture
8. An example of this form of visual arts is the use of coconut leaves in
wrapping cooked rice.
a. Textile weaving c. Printmaking
b. Multimedia d. Leaf art
9. This commercial building is thought to be an evolved form of the palengke
or market.
a. Ethnic house c. Government buildings
b. Movie house d. Mall/galleria
10. This form of architecture is considered to be the ethnic house of
Christian families living in lowland areas.
a. Masjid c. Bahay kubo
b. Apartment d. Bungalow

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LESSON
ONE ARTS AND ITS VISUALS

WHAT’S NEW
Activity 1. What you will know

Fill in the boxes with your ideas about visual elements of art. There are no wrong or
right answers. Your own ideas matter.

ARTS AND IT'S

VISUALS

WHAT IS IT
In order to understand how to describe a painting or a sculpture, it is important to
comprehend first the visual elements of art. These visual elements of art are line, color, shape,
space, value, texture, time and motion.

Line
This refers to a prolongation of a point or a mark on a surface.
Solid lines can be used in order to define form while broken
lines are typically used to suggest hidden forms.

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Shape and Mass

This element refers to an area with boundaries identified or
drawing lines. A shape may be natural or living forms called
an organic shape and can be irregular or rounded. It may also
be measured forms called geometric shape. In contrast to
shape which is two-dimensional, mass refers to solid
portions of a three-dimensional object.

Color
This refers to visual perception that allows a person to differentiate objects due to the way various
wavelengths of light are reflected. Color is a very important element because it can communicate
information and emotion to the viewer. These are the three properties of color

 Hue, which refers to the basic or pure color, and is represented in the color wheel.
 Value, which refers to the lightness and darkness of color. A light color or tint is the result
of adding white to a hue, while a dark color or shade results from adding black to a hue.

 Saturation, which refers to brightness and dullness of color. It is also referred to as

purity of the color. A bright color can be produced by adding more pigment to the same
hue, while a dull color can be produced by adding gray or the color’s complement to the
pigment.

The color wheel is an arrangement of primary, secondary

and tertiary colors. It is important tool to identify which
colors can work well if used in a certain artwork which is
the color schemes or color relationships. These are some of
the color schemes:

Color Schemes

Monochromatic – involves using the same hue but with different gradients
of value.
 Analogous – entails the use of three or four adjacent colors in the color
wheel.
 Complementary – involves the use of a color and its complement
-meaning the color located opposite of the first color.
 Split-complementary – a close relative to the complementary color
scheme. But instead of using the color’s complement, this scheme uses
the two colors adjacent to the complement.
 Triadic – uses three colors that are of equal distance with each other.
 Tetradic – also known as double complementary color scheme, this uses
two pairs of complementary colors.
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Texture
This element refers to the feel or appearance of a
surface. A person may describe as actual or implied.
Actual texture can be felt tangibly based on the
material that is used for the artwork while implied texture
can be exhibited, for instance, in a painting of fur of an
animal.

Value
This element refers to lightness or darkness of an area. This is evident in creating
shadows for a two-dimensional object to give an illusion of depth.

Space
Space refers to the area that is occupied by an object or a subject, as well as the
area surrounding that object or subject. An illusion of space can still be created in a two-
dimensional surface using perspective. There are two types of perspective: atmospheric
perspective, which utilizes the properties of light and air in depicting the illusion of
distance; and linear perspective, which involves the use of vanishing points and receding
hidden lines.

Time and Motion

Movement in the visual arts can either be an illusion or an actual motion. An illusion of
movement is more common in two-dimensional artworks. On the other hand, actual motion is
easily seen in kinetic sculpture that moves with the wind or are vibrating with the surrounding
air.
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WHAT’S MORE
Activity 2. Test your knowledge

Read the statements carefully. Identify what is being described in the statement.
Write your answers on the space provided.

1. This refers to a prolongation of a point.

a. Color c. Space
b. Line d. Value
2. This type of sculpture has parts that can be moved with the wind.
a. Kinetic sculpture c. Texture
b. Implied motion d. Color wheel
3. This color scheme involves using colors that are located beside each other
in the color wheel.
a. Monochromatic c. Complementary
b. Analogous d. Split-complementary
4. This statement refers to the way the surface or objects looks as it may feel.
a. Line c. Color
b. Shape and mass d. Texture
5. This element of art refers to an area with boundaries identified or drawn
using lines.
a. Value c. Shape
b. Color d. Texture
6. This type of texture refers to the real qualities of the physical surface of an
artwork.
a. Implied texture c. Actual texture
b. Space d. Value
7. This refers to brightness and dullness of color.
a. Hue c. Saturation
b. Value d. Color
8. This color scheme involves the use of four colors.
a. Triadic c. Color scheme
b. Tetradic d. Color wheel
9. This refers to the purity of a certain color.
a. Hue c. Saturation
b. Value d. Color
10. This type of perspective involves the use of properties of light and air
to portray the illusion of distance.
a. Texture c. Atmospheric perspective
b. Space d. Linear perspective
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Activity 3. Your Turn

You have identified color schemes. This time, give your own examples of each
color scheme or color relationship. Please review to be sure your answers are correct.
Use a table format below.

Color Schemes Examples

Monochromatic

Analogous

Complementary

Split-complementary

Triadic

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED

How can learning visual elements of art help you?

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Key points to remember:

These are visual elements of art:

 Line
 Shape and Mass
 Color
 Value
 Texture
 Space
 Time and Motion

Color wheel is an important tool to identify which colors can work well if used in a certain
artwork.

WHAT CAN I DO
Activity 4. My Own Color Wheel

Create and draw a color wheel using the color schemes. In this activity, make sure that you
draw the color wheel with color schemes applied well. It is important that you are able to
apply what you have learned.

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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY

AFTER DOING THESE ACTIVITIES:

I HAVE REALIZED THAT ___________________________.

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