It’s an Art World after all!

By Jenae Hardcastle

The ‘earth’

without ‘art’

is just ‘eh’

We will learn the basic media and

elements of art, as well as fun things

you can do with art.

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Types of Media

Basic Elements

Art can be fun!

Quiz!

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exploring!

Types of Media

Paint

Pencil

Charcoal

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different types of media!

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Pencil

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Pencils are used for

drawing or writing.

Made of graphite (or a

similar substance)

There are also colored pencils

to use when drawing.

Paint

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Paint is a colored substance that is spread over a surface and dries

to leave a thin decorative or protective

coating.

It can be used to paint walls in a house, canvases to hang on a wall, or even just for fun like

finger painting.

There are also water colors, which are water-soluble binder such as

gum arabic, and thinned with water

rather than oil, giving a transparent color.

Charcoal

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Charcoal is a porous black solid, consisting of an

amorphous form of carbon, obtained as a residue when

wood, bone, or other organic matter is heated in

the absence of air.There are three different types of

charcoal in art:• Vine

• Powdered• compressed

When using charcoal, it creates a darker and thicker image than

graphite would. It must usually be preserved

with a fixative.

Basic Elements

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Basic elements!

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Line

Shape

Emotion

Line

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Line is one of the simplest and most

versatile elements of design.

Line can add a special energy to a design! Simply by drawing a line, we can activate a space, define a shape, or create a compositional

bridge.

It can be defined as:• A point in motion

• A series of adjacent points• A connection between points

• An implied connection between points

Shape

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A shape is a flat, enclosed area.

3D enclosures are called volumes. So while a square is a shape, a cube

is a volume.

It can be created by enclosing an area with a

continuous line, surrounding an area with other shapes, or filling an area with a solid color or

texture.

shape volume

Emotion

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Did you know colors can show emotion or be

symbolic?Yellow can make one feel happy, while blue can convey sadness.

When we think of green, we think of envy.

When we see red or orange we think of fire, which can make us

think of anger.

When we see color in a painting or drawing,

we can feel more emotion than if it were just black and white.

Fun with Art!

Next!

Never have messy painting again! Take

empty ketchup bottles and put in paint! Easy to keep clean and you can

store more paint!

Fun with Art!

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Did you know that you can use an egg yolk as a

base for a paint for cookies?

Mix and stir an egg yolk with 4 drops of food coloring. Use

a clean paint brush to decorate your cookies before

you bake them!

Fun with Art!

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remember! Next!

Quiz #11. What are pencils made of?

A.Concrete

B.Plastic

C.Graphite

Quiz #21. What is an example of a shape?

A.Cube

B.Square

C.Pyramid

Quiz #31. When decorating cookies with the egg yolk base, do you paint them before or after baking?

A.Before

B.After

C.During

Quiz #41. The color yellow can make you feel…

A.Angry

B.Sad

C.Happy

Quiz #51. What are 3d enclosures called?

A.Shape

B.Volume

C.Neither

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Citations

Citations

• Oxford dictionaries• Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to

Basic Design, Mary Stewart• http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Egg-Paint/• http://

www.crayola.com/kids-playzone/rainbow-the-spouting-trout.aspx• General knowledge of studying Art Back to

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