This document provides an overview of the course "Visual Techniques" (DT 112). The course aims to help students understand different visual art mediums and apply techniques to improve their skills and expose their talents through public exhibitions. Key topics covered include defining visual arts, applying art principles and elements, and techniques for watercolor, acrylic and oil painting. The document also outlines the learning outcomes and content to be covered, including defining visual art, applying principles and elements, and techniques for different painting mediums.

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Module Title : Exploring Basic Visual Arts
Course Title : Visual Techniques
Course No. : DT 112
Course Description : This course is the instruction of fine arts medium and its impact to
the artist’s perspective for the development of techniques and ideas
to improve manipulation of skills in arts and mediums of practices
allowing to expose talents in public exhibitions.
Total Learning Time : 2 units (1 hour lecture + 2 hours laboratory = 3 hours/week)
Overview : This module is designed to understand the concept, idea and how to
apply different mediums particular to the point of view in making drawing, paint and color.
Thus, it will influence student character and motivate them in the application of principles
and elements to improve manipulation of skills in arts and mediums of practices allowing to
expose talents in public exhibitions.
Learning Outcomes:
 Define and explain the definition of Visual Arts.
 Develop the ability in the application of principles and elements in visual art.
 Applying different techniques in watercolor, acrylic and oil painting medium.
Indicative Content:
A. Visual Art: Definition & Meaning
B. Qualities of Great Art
C. Elements of art
D. Famous Filipino Visual Artist and Painter
E. Watercolor Painting : Meaning and Brief History
F. Brushes/Paintbrush
G. Techniques
H. Acrylic Painting : History and Content
I. The Tools and materials
J. Techniques for paint application
K. Oil Painting : Introduction
L. Tools and Materials
M. Techniques

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1.0 Introduction and Orientation
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Visual Art: Definition & Meaning
"Visual Arts" is a modern but imprecise umbrella term for a broad category of art
which includes a number of artistic disciplines from various sub-categories. Its wide ambit
renders meaningless any attempt at definition, so rather than define or compose some diluted
meaning for it, here is a list of its constituent disciplines.
What Does Visual Art Include?
Definitions of visual art usually encompass the following:
1. Fine Arts
All fine art belongs to the general category of visual arts. These include
activities such as: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture, along with
associated activities like Graphic art, Manuscript Illumination, Book
Illustration, Calligraphy and Architecture.

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2. Contemporary Arts
The visual arts also include a number of modern art forms, such as:
Assemblage, Collage, Mixed-media, Conceptual Art, Installation, Happenings
and Performance art, along with film-based disciplines such as Photography,
Video Art and Animation, or any combination thereof. This group of activities
also includes high tech disciplines like computer graphics and giclee prints.
Another modern visual art, is the new environmental or Land art, which also
includes transitory forms like ice/snow sculpture, and (presumably) graffiti art.
3. Decorative Arts & Crafts
In addition, the general category of visual arts encompasses a number
of decorative art disciplines and crafts, including: ceramics and studio pottery,
mosaic art, mobiles, tapestry, glass art (including stained glass), and others.
4. Other
Wider definitions of visual art sometimes include applied art areas
such as graphic design, fashion design, and interior design. In addition, new
types of Body art may also fall under the general heading of visual arts. These
include: tattoo art, face painting, and body painting.
THE QUALITIES OF GREAT ART
Art Appreciation is the knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless
qualities that identify all great art. The more you appreciate and understand the art of
different eras, movements, styles and techniques, the better you can develop, evaluate and
improve your own artwork. Each of our units below examines famous works of art and
explores what makes them the masterpieces we appreciate today.
Our Art History Timelines offer a brief explanation of the most important
movements and styles in their historical order. They also list the major artists and illustrate a
key work from each movement.
Our Art History Gallery illustrates important artworks by some of the major artists
associated with the following art movements and styles:
 Gothic Art,
 The Early Renaissance,
 The High Renaissance and Mannerism,
 The Northern Renaissance,
 Baroque and Rococo Art,
 Dutch Art, Neoclassicism and Romanticism,
 Realism and Pre-Raphaelite Art,
 Impressionism and Post Impressionism,
 Fauvism and Expressionism,
 Abstract Art,

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 Cubism and Futurism,
 Suprematism, Constructivism and De Stijl,
 Dada and Surrealism,
 Abstract Expressionism,
 Pop Art and Op Art.
Art Movements are the collective titles that are given to artworks which share the
same artistic ideas, style, technical approach or time frame. They are a historical convenience
for grouping together artists of a common period, style or technique so that they may be more
easily understood. Art Movements are usually named retrospectively by art critics or
historians and their titles are often witty or sarcastic nicknames pulled from a bad review.
Portraits express the beauty, status, power, wealth or character of their subjects.
Artists use a wide range of media for portraiture, including drawing, printing, painting,
sculpture, photography and multimedia.
Still Life is the drawing and painting of items such as fruit, flowers and household
objects, which are usually arranged on a table top or shelf. Over the centuries artists have
chosen to paint still life objects for their symbolism, abstract qualities or simply their visual
beauty.
Our Landscapes gallery celebrates artwork from around the world based on the built
environment. It displays famous paintings of towns and buildings that have inspired artists to
share their feelings about the surroundings we have constructed for ourselves.
Animals in Art have always been a popular subject. They are often depicted for their
natural beauty and majesty, or as mythical or symbolic beasts. Sometimes they are portrayed
as the hunter's prey, prize livestock, or more sentimentally as domestic pets.
Graphic Designers create visual solutions to sell or communicate the concept of a
product, campaign or event. Their work includes illustration, typography, posters, packaging,
corporate identities, advertising campaigns, web design and digital multimedia.
In the visual arts—in particular painting, graphic design, photography,
and sculpture—composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or
ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work. It can also be thought of as
the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art. The term
composition means 'putting together,' and can apply to any work of art, from music to writing
to photography, that is arranged or put together using conscious thought. In the visual arts,
composition is often used interchangeably with various terms such as design, form, visual
ordering, or formal structure, depending on the context. In graphic design for press
and desktop publishing composition is commonly referred to as page layout.
Elements of art
The various visual elements, known as elements of design, formal elements,
or elements of art, are the vocabulary with which the visual artist composes. These elements
in the overall design usually relate to each other and to the whole art work.
The elements of design are:
 Line — the visual path that enables the eye to move within the piece

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 Shape — areas defined by edges within the piece, whether geometric or organic
 Color — hues with their various values and intensities
 Texture — surface qualities which translate into tactile illusions
 Tone — Shading used to emphasize form
 Form — 3-D length, width, or depth
 Space — the space taken up by (positive) or in between (negative) objects
 Depth — perceived distance from the observer, separated in foreground, background,
and optionally middle ground