Art Medium

What is a medium? Anything that is used to create an art piece, for example: graphite or paint. Many people get confused of medium being the "tool" that the artist is using, for example: a paint brush. But, the medium itself is actually the paint being used to create the art.
       

Value - What is it?

1) Why is value so important in art?
Value is important in art because it shows us texture, light, and shape without even touching an object.
2) How does the element of value relate to the element of texture?
The element of value relates to element of texture because value shows texture through the amount of light and darkness being presented.
3) List five ways of showing value.
- Cross hatching
- Shading
- Scribbled hatching
- Darkness
- Lightness
4) Describe what we mean by "building value".
Building value means to create lightness and darkness in certain areas (in my opinion).
5) How do we best see value?
We best see value by squinting with our eyes so that we "blend" the image.

Value

We experience value in our day to day lives. It shows us the roughness or shape of an object with NO lines. It refers to lightness and darkness without any colour but just shading. Value gives us the dynamic of art and without it we can't visualize what we're looking at. Many people have been taught that colour is the only thing needed for art to be created but, colour is only filling the picture while value gives it the definition. 

                                Organic and Geometric lines.                                                          

             

  Using this as inspiration for Geometric and Organic lines project!!

Answers to "Arttalk"

1) How does the author define a line?

 The author defines a line as an element of art that is a path of a moving point through space.

2) What is required to make a line?

 The width and length is required to make a line. Usually a line is two dimensional.

3) What is dimension?

 A dimension is the amount of space an object takes up in one direction.

4) List many ways that artists create line.

 Artist can create lines by:

- Drawing

- Scratched into wet clay 

5) Define an "outline" and an "implied" line.

 An outline is a line that shows or creates the outer edges of a shape. An implied line is a series of points that the viewers eyes automatically connect.