Understanding Art

PART ONE: ART AS EXPLORATION Investigating, Making and Responding to Art Visual Language and The Visual Elements Learning Through Investigation of the Visual Elements Building on the Foundations PART TWO: POINT The Concept of Point Investigating Points and their Potential Point In Context PART THREE: LINE The Concept of Line Investigating Line Some Starting-Points Developing Line Line in Context PART FOUR: TONE The Concept of Tone Investigating Tone The Perception of Tone Tone in Context PART FIVE: MIXING AND CONTROLLING COLOUR The Concept of Colour Colour Mixing Tints and Shades Optical Colour Mixing Colour Range and Mixing in Context PART SIX: PERCEIVING AND OBSERVING COLOUR Colour Constancy and Colour Interaction Finding, Matching and Mixing Colours Perceiving Colour in Context PART SEVEN: RESPONDING TO COLOUR Responses to Individual Colours Colour Groupings and Responses to Them Colour Responses in Context PART EIGHT: SHAPE The Concept of Shape Interaction of Shapes Investigations of Shape Shape in Context PART NINE: SPACE The Concept of Space Objective Space Figure and Ground Illusory Space Objective Space in Context Illusory Space in Context PART TEN: FORM The Concept of Form The Visual Properties of Form Investigating Form Moving into the Third Dimension Form in Context PART ELEVEN: TEXTURE The Concept of Texture Tactile Texture Visual Texture Texture in Context PART TWELVE: PATTERN Concepts of Visual Pattern Rotating and Linear Patterns Investigations of Surface Pattern Space-Dividing Patterns Pattern in Context