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Contemporary Philippine
Arts From The Regions
Quarter 1 - Module 1:
Integrative Art As Applied To
Contemporary Art
Introduction:

This chapter presents lessons that discuss the characteristics of contemporary arts,
and how it is different from the traditional arts. It also presents lessons that discuss the
combination of different contemporary art forms.

UNIT 1
INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED
TO CONTEMPORARY ART

What I Need To Know

Module Content

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.
These are the competencies included in this module:

1. Identifies various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various
regions.
2. Classifies various art forms found in the Philippines.

What I Know

Let us check your prior knowledge about this module’s coverage.

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answers on the space
provided.

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
Lesson 1. Arts and its Visual Elements

What’s New

ACTIVITY 1. What you will know.

Write your own idea about the word art using the diagram below

ART

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.

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 presented in the color wheel
 Value – Which is refers to the lightness and darkness of color. A light color or tint is the
result of 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 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.

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 txture 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.

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

What I Have Learned

Reflective Question:
How can learning visual elements of art help you?

Remember these key points:

 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 I Can Do

ACTIVITY 3. 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.
Lesson 2. Painting

What’s In

ACTIVITY 1. Review

Fill in the box with what you have learned in the previous lesson.

ART
 What Is It

Painting refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface. Forms can be
created using a wide variety of materials such as watercolor, acrylic, ink, oil, pastel,
and charcoal. Surfaces for painting include wood, canvas, cardboard, and paper.
Painting is considered two-dimensional, meaning it only has height and width.

Forms of Painting

1. Easel Painting – The easel painting is perhaps the most common form of painting which
involves applying color to a board or canvas that is fixed on an upright support called an
easel. These are meant to be framed and hanged on a wall after creating them.

2. Murals – A mural is described as a huge wall-sized painting used to impart messages to

the public.
3. Telon Painting – A telon is describes as a backdrop or background for the stage which
are used for komedya, sarswela, sinakulo, the popular forms of theater in the country.

4. Jeepney and Calesa Painting – The calesa is typically painted using one color. The
borders of the calesa are decorated with geometric patterns, repetitive patterns, and/or
thin lines. Jeepney painting evolved from calesa painting. In typical jeepney, a logo,
number, or painting is covered near the driver’s seat, as well as near the seats adjacent to
it.
5. Collage – This refers to a form of painting that involves combine images in a single
artwork.

THEMES OF PAINTING

1. Genre Painting – genre painting portrays people in daily activities. During the
contemporary period, genre painting took several directions. One of these new
approaches is folk genre, which mainly focuses on the everyday activities of the folk.
2. Historical Painting – the historical painting depicts a scene from the past. It often has a
lesson concerning national values.
3. Interiors – This refers to painting of the space inside of a part of a house or a building.
This usually reveals the social class of the family living in that particular house, as well
as the traits of the people living in it.
4. Landscapes – These painting portrays natural scenery or urban scenes. Mixed media is
now used in creating landscape paintings.
 5. Nudes – These are paintings that portray the unclothed human figure. Nowadays, a wide
variety of materials and styles can be used in painting nudes. Nude painting sessions are
conducted in galleries.
6. Religious Painting – Common subjects of religious painting includes a lone religious
image, lives of the saints, and scenes based from the Scriptures like the Nativity scene,
and the Station of the Cross.
7. Still Life – This refers to a painting that depicts natural or man-made objects that form a
composition in a natural setting.

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 painting that shows an arrangement of objects such as fruits

and flowers in a natural setting.
A. Interiors C. Nudes
B. Still life D. Landscapes
2. This refers to painting that is applied on a wall or a large permanent surface.
A. Mural C. Historical painting
B. Genre painting D.. Religious painting
3. This painting depicts scenes from ordinary life.
A. Still life C. Genre painting
B. Interiors D. Landscapes
4. This refers to a painting of the space inside of a part of a house or a building.
A. Landscapes C. Interiors
B. Portraits D. Still life
5. This refers to a painting that is finished on a portable upright support.
A. Telon painting C. Genre painting
B. Historical painting D. Easel painting
6. This is a painting that involves cutting and pasting relatively flat materials onto
a board or canvas.
A. Religious painting C. Portrait
B. Collage D. Landscapes
 What I Have Learned

Reflective Question:

How can a painting be best created?

Remember these key points:

 Forms of painting are the following:

 Easel Painting
 Murals
 Telon Painting
 Jeepney and Calesa Painting
 Collage
 Themes of painting are the following:
 Genre painting
 Historical Painting
 Interiors
 Landscapes
 Portraits
 Nudes
  Religious Painting
 Still Life
 Painting refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface.

What I Can Do

ACTIVITY 3. Samples of paintings

Create your own painting based on the forms and themes of painting that you learned
using painting/coloring materials found in your surroundings.
RUBRICS:
Criteria 4 3 2 1
Design The design is The design is The design is The design is not
well thought out. thought out. thought out in well thought out.
some part.
Creativity Model is original Model is Model is original Model is not
and unique. original. in some part. original at all.
Effort There is There is There is There is
evidence that the evidence that the evidence that the evidence that the
student worked student worked student showed student showed
very hard on all very hard most some effort. little effort.
aspects. of the time.
References:

https://pixabay.com/photos/shape-geometry-3d-design-5060385/
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=323442& picture=bl
ack-lines-stripes-illustration

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

An Appreciation Towards National Identity
First Edition
Author: Jayson L. Dedal