Are you curious about how pictures are made? Do you want to get a better understanding of how to read visuals?
Explore how artists use, elements and principles, as well as material and process sections to create and communicate meaning through images. Gain a better understanding of the meaning of marks, materials, and processes. Kane provides questions and prompts throughout the book to guide your thinking.
- Explore what the elements and principles are, and how to use them to create and read images.
- Experiment with a wide range of materials and processes to get a better understanding of how artists use them to tell stories.
- Encounter a never-ending supply of prompts to help you generate new ideas.
- Understand the connection between ideas and visual evidence.
Use this book as a guide to be more confident in the images that you create, as well as how to read and understand the images that are all around you.
Part 1: Introduction to the elements and principles of art
Part 2: Activities and examples that help you apply what you learned about the elements and principles to the work that you’re creating
Part 3: Interact with never-ending prompts that help you understand how to communicate through the materials and processes that you use in your work
Part 4: See examples of how artists throughout history, communicated an idea through images
Part 5: Learn about the process of revision to make your message clear