Graphic Materials and Scientific Use of Colors

GraphicMaterials

Jossel Abayan

Tear Sheet

Paper Tearing is the art of tearing paper

which uniquely creates an artistic design.

is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool.

Butterfly Paper Tearing

Leaf Paper Tearing

1. It is a fun activity where pupils explore their imagination

2. Kids actually develop muscles in their hands and fingers as they engage in paper tearing.

3. A fun, easy and inexpensive activity

Benefits of Paper Tearing

M u R A l S

A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. It came from the Latin word “murus” which means wall.

Mu RA l S

Murals are important in that they bring art into the public sphere. They can have a dramatic impact whether consciously or subconsciously on the attitudes of passers by, when they are added to areas where people live and work.

Significance of Murals

Ceiling painting, by Jean-André Rixens. Salle des Illustres, Le Capitole, Toulouse, France.

Chew Love, Tacloban City

Chew Love, Tacloban City

Rizal Central Elementary School, Tacloban City

Materials need for Painting Murals

• Paintbrush• Liquitex Ultra Matte Gel or Matte Gel Medium

• Primer• Paint Tray and Roller• Painter's Tape • Palette 

Materials need for Painting Murals

• Newspaper or Plastic Drop Cloth• Apron, smock, or old clothes • Paper towels and/or old rags • Brush soap• Stool or stepladder  

Cartoons

Comic Strips

Comics

c ta r o o n s

Cartoons are the most popular and familiar visual format. They are line drawings that are rough caricatures of real people and events.

They appear in a variety of print media – newspaper, periodicals, textbooks – and range from comic strips.

Things to remember in using cartoons during instruction

Use cartoons to make or reinforce a point of instruction.

Things to remember in using cartoons during instruction

Be sure that the cartoons that you use are within the experiential and intellectual range of your students

Romeo and Juliet The adventures of TinTin

c o MIt

Cs r I p s

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

c o MI sC

Comics is a medium used to express ideas via images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images.

1. Grabs attentionKids and adults like cartoons. Cartoons thus provide an appealing and non-threatening way to represent ideas. Pupils are more likely to be enthusiastic towards the activity to come and will then be more focused and receptive to learning.

Benefits of Using Cartoons, Comics, and Comic Strips During Instruction

2. Generates participationIn cartoons, the ideas have to be presented succinctly. These ideas can be so thought-provoking that pupils are drawn into “participating” in the dialogue by “becoming” one of the characters, giving rise to vibrant class discussions.

Benefits of Using Cartoons, Comics, and Comic Strips During Instruction

3. Develops skillsDuring discussion of the concept cartoons, pupils have to verbalize their ideas and thoughts. They are motivated to take a stand on the different ideas presented. If they disagree, they may present and defend their points of view.

Benefits of Using Cartoons, Comics, and Comic Strips During Instruction

Scientific Use

of Color

An important tool in visual design is color.

While color makes visual materials more attractive, the choice of colors can

make the communication process more effective.

Guidelines for Using Colors

• Limit the number of colors in a visual to a maximum of five hues

• Group related elements in a visual by placing them over a common background colors

Guidelines for Using Colors

• Use color brightness and intensity to attract attention. Use warm colors (red, orange, yellow) to signify action.

• Use cool colors (green, blue, violet) to indicate status quo or for background information.

Guidelines for Using Colors

• Use color change (such as increasing the intensity of a color) to indicate progressive change in value or a sequence.

BEST COLOR WORST COLOR

Lines, Text, Design Areas Background Color Lines, Text, Design Areas

yellow

green

cyan

black

white

yellow white black red

magenta

cyan blue green

red

red

blue black

blue black

orange

blackbluered

white yellow cyan

blue

black

red

white

black

yellow blue

blue

white

black

cyan

green

yellow

magenta

white yellow

red blue black

yellow white

white cyan

cyan magenta yellow

green black

green yellow white

green red cyan

blue red magenta

cyan yellow

Let’s see if you have learned

Is this color combination

appropriate or not?

I don’t think I’m in the right

background color.

Perhaps I’m on the right background

now

I look beautiful on this background

color

I thought I studied the Scientific Use

of Colors. Why do I look bad?