HOW CAN WE APPRECIATE ART 

EVEN IF WE
ARE NOT AN ART? 
WHAT ARE THE WAYS OR HOW TO
APPRECIATE ARTS?
 learn about art. THE PROCESS OF UKIYO-E
 try a project.
 explore internet. Ukiyo-e depended upon collaboration between four
people.
 Try to analyze.
 The artist using ink on paper,
WHAT SKILLS DOES ART DEVELOP?
 drew the image that was then carved by a
 Creativity
craftsman into a woodblock,
 Observation
 a printer that applied pigment to the
 Self-expression woodblock, and
 Focus  a publisher oversaw and coordinated the
 Discipline process and marketed the works.
 Perseverance
 Risk Taking UKIYO-E GENRES
 Confidence  Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture).
 Shunga (pictures of spring) as spring refers to
IMPORTANCE OF ART: sex.
 Driven our existence.  Yakusha-e or “actor pictures” were prints
 Satisfies the needs for personal expression. depicting kabuki actors.
 Develop our skills to express ourselves.  Kacho-ga or “bird and flower” paintings,  a
 Challenge us to see things differently. style influenced by the Chinese traditional
 It unleashes our hidden desires and passion. genre of flowers, birds, fish, and insects
 It can change our way in life. painting. 
 To see the truth that we might understand  Landscapes
believe.
 It gives pleasure, satisfaction and gratification.
6 ESSENTIAL PAINTING TECHNIQUES FOR ARTISTS
WHAT ARE THE POSSITIVE EFFECTS OF ART?  Underpainting
 Has a positive impact on our sense of  Blocking in
hope, self-worth, and well-being.  Building up texture
  Improves our sense of connectedness and  Dry Brushing
widens our social networks.  Sgraffito
  Decreases depression and anxiety and  Glazing
reduces stress.
LIST OF MEDIUMS
PAINTING
WHAT ARE THE THREE STEPS IN ART (THESE DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE DONE ON
APPRECIATION? CANVAS-EXPLORE OTHER SURFACES)
Three simple steps to understand art:   OIL
 Look  ACRYLIC
 See  WATERCOLOR
 Think  GOUACHE
 TEMPERA
Different Levels of Meaning  FRESCO PAINTING
 Formal  MURALS
 Subject
 Context DRAWING
 Iconography (THESE DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE DONE ON
PAPER-EXPLORE OTHER SURFACES)
Ancient Art These civilizations included.  CHARCOAL
 Mesopotamia  GRAPHITE
  Egypt  PENCIL
 Greece  CONTE CRAYONS
 Americas  PEN AND INK
 INDIA INK (WITH BRUSH)
 CHALK
 CHALK PASTELS
 OIL PASTELS
 COLOR PENCILS
  MARKERS
Plato was deeply suspicious of arts and artist for 2
reasons:

PRINTING 1. .They appeal to the emotions rather than to

 SCREEN-PRINTING the rational faculty of men.
 MONO-PRINTING 2. They imitate rather than lead one to reality.
 BLOCK PRINTING
 ETCHING ELEMENTS OF ART
 LITHOGRAPHY  Line
 SPRAYPAINT  Shapes
 AIRBRUSH
 form
EXTILES  Color
 WEAVING  Texture
 MACRAMÉ  Space value
 FASHION DESIGN
 BATIK
EXAMPLE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
 MARBELING
 STAMPING ARTS
 Culture
PHOTOGRAPHY/FILM/ TECHNOLOGY  Values
 BLACK AND WHITE  Belief
 DIGITAL
 Read
 PHOTOSHOP
 GRAPHIC DESIGN  Write
 VIDEO ART  Critical record events
 ANIMATION
 CLAY ANIMATION DIFFERENT LONGEST WORD IN THE
 STOP MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY WORLD
 Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)-
Disestablishment of church in England.
Sources of subject art  Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)-
Curiosity
 Artwork
 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34
 Autobiographies letters)- Amazing

 Film of the artist  Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoc

oniosis (45 letters)- Lung Disease
 Artifacts of the artist

 Photograph of artwork or artists

Sources of subject matter in art

 Observation

 Memory

 Imagination
Sources of subject

 Nature

 History

 Greek and roman mythology