2007-03-25 10:37:42 · 8 answers · asked by shrty 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Any way to draw or paint something without worrying about whether or not it looks real.
It's all about expression.
2007-03-25 14:25:14 · answer #1 · answered by D L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I start with three art prints. One is realistic, one abstract, and one nonobjective. I ask the children which one looks more like a photograph. Then, I ask which one is made up of just colors, lines, shapes, textures, etc. Then, I ask which one is a picture of a real object, but does not look like the artist tried to show it exactly like it really is. Maybe it's obvious that it is a picture of a face, but the eyes are square, or not even, or the head is way too large for the body, or everything looks flat and misshapen. Then, we look at more prints until the concept is clear. Children pick up on this fairly easily.
2007-03-25 13:11:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All 'art' is abstract. To paint realistic images in 2 dimensions is just a convention we have become used to. 'Abstract Art' took the basic philosophy of composition etc. and placed it on a canvas without the need to show people etc. Art is something only humans understand. It's very special and requires a lot of thought.
2007-03-25 11:21:24 · answer #3 · answered by dougie boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abstract art is art that uses design basics-colour, shape, line, contrast, depth, etc to create art without creating a recognizable object or representation of an object in it. It relies more on your emotional response to above design basics than your recognition of that person or car or building or whatever.
basically
2007-03-25 12:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by Merk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that the artist paints (or whatever medium they work in) what HE OR SHE sees and not a naturalist depiction of the subject.
The viewer then acts as a medium of interpretation rather than looking at a work for its traditional aesthetic value.
2007-03-25 11:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by chris w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could tell them it's art that's mostly about the way somebody feels when they look at something, not about making it look exactly like what it's about.
2007-03-25 10:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anniekd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok kids...I want you to draw a dog, but you have to draw it using only circles, squares and triangles.
It may not look EXACTLY like a dog...but it's is how YOU see a dog using those shapes.
Sounds like fun to me!
2007-03-25 10:57:02 · answer #7 · answered by doug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
colours au cliche.
figure it out.
2007-03-25 10:55:40 · answer #8 · answered by mandymofasa 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋