Division of Tarlac

Department of Education
Region III
CIT Colleges of Paniqui Foundation Inc.

A Detailed Lesson Plan in Arts

Title: Elements of Visual Arts

I. OBJECTIVES
The students are expected to:
1. Explain elements of visual arts.
2. Appreciate artworks using its elements.
3. Construct an artwork using elements of visual arts.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Lesson: Elements of Visual Arts
Reference: Introduction to humanities page 56-63
Materials: Visual aids, color wheel, stone

III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Daily Routines

“Good Afternoon Class.” “ Good Afternoon Sir”

“Let us all stand and ask the guidance of the Lord. Dear Lord and Father of all,
(Name of Student), will you please lead the
prayer.” Thank you for today.
Thank you for ways in which you provide for us
all. For Your protection and love we thank you.
Help us to focus our hearts and minds now on what
we are about to learn.
Inspire us by Your Holy Spirit as we listen and
write.
Guide us by your eternal light as we discover more
about the world around us.

We ask all this in the name of Jesus.

Amen.

(The Secretary will tell who are the absent for

“(Name of Student), Who are absent for today?” today)

B. Review

“Class, do you still remember our lesson last “Sir, Our lesson last meeting was all about
meeting?” Classification of Voices”

“Very Good”

“Last time, we have discussed about the different

classification of voices, right?” “Yes sir”

1. What do we call the highest female voice?

“Very Good” “Sir, Suprano”
 2. And what about the lowest female voice?
“Very Good” “Sir, Alto”
What do we call the highest male voice?
“Very Good” “Sir, Tenor”
“Lastly, what about the lowest male voice?”
“Very Good” “Sir, Bass”

“Now, I prepared an activity to give you an idea

what our lesson was all about. So, group yourselves (The students count 1, 2, 3 to know their group
into 3.” members)

“Now that you have your own group, I will give

you a picture and all you have to do is to describe
it. Tell me what you see, and I want you to identify
it”

“Okay class, I think you are done.”

“Group 1, based on the picture you have, will you “Sir, based on this picture it’s a portrait sketch of a
please identify/describe it.” girl”
“And aside from that, what can you see?” “Sir, we see colors.”

“Very Good Group 1”

“What about the Group II, based on the picture you “Sir, this is a portrait of Jesus Christ and we also
have, will you please identify/describe it?” noticed that there is a rough and smooth part on this
portrait.”
“Very Good Group II”

“Let’s move to Group III, based on the picture you “Sir, based on this picture, it’s a portrait also of a
have, will you please identify/describe it?” girl and we also see different kinds of line.”

“Very Good Group III”

“All of your answers are correct. These ideas are all

connected to our topic which is the Elements of
Visual Arts.”
C. Lesson Proper/Presentation/Developmental
Activities

Elements of Visual Arts

“The first element is line; will you please read “Sir, line is considered the most basic elements of
(Name of Student) what line is?” visual arts”

“Thank you (Name of Student)”

“Remember that line is the most basic elements “Sir, the four kinds of line are Horizontal Line,
of visual arts and line is considered a moving Vertical Line, Diagonal Line, And Curved Line”
dot. And there are four kinds of line; can you
please name it (Name of Student)?”
 “Very Good (Name of Student)”

“For the second element, will you please read

“Sir, Color is the element of art that refers to
(Name of Student) what color is?”
reflected light.”
“Thank you (Name of Student)”

“Are you familiar with this?”

(The teacher will present a Color wheel in the
class.)

“Yes sir, that is a Color wheel”

“Very Good Class and we have three types of

color namely Primary, Secondary and Tertiary “Sir, Primary Colors are blue, red, and yellow”
Color.
(Name of Student), will you please point and
name the Primary Color here in front?”

“Very Good (Name of Student)”

“And what about the Secondary Color, (Name “Sir, Secondary Colors are green, orange and
of Student), will you please go here in front violet”
and point and name those colors?”

“Very Good (Name of Student)”

“Lastly, for the tertiary color, it is the

combination of primary and secondary color.
There are six tertiary colors; red-orange, yellow-
orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and
red-violet.”

“For the third element, will you please read “Sir, Shape is an element of art that is a two
(Name of Student) what shape is?” dimensional area that is defined in some way.”

“Thank you (Name of Student)”

Geometric shape Free-Form shape

“Remember that shape is a 2 dimensional area

it has a length and a width, and shapes have 2
categories namely the geometric shape and
free-form shape.”
 “(Name of Students), what can you notice with “Sir, geometric shapes are used polygons and free-
these two categories?” form shapes seem to follow no rules.”

“Very Good (Name of Student)”

“For the fourth element, will you please read “Sir, Form refers to objects that are 3-Dimensional,
(name of student) what form is?” or have length, width, and height.”

“Thank you (Name of Student)”

“Class, don’t be confused with these because in “Yes sir”

shape it is 2-dimesional area. While in Form, we
will add one element which is the height.”
“Do you understand?”

“For the fifth element, will you please read (Name “Sir, Value is the lightness and darkness of the
of the student) what Value is?” color.”

“Thank you (Name of Student)”

“In other words, Value is relevant to the lightness

or darkness of any color, but its importance is easy
to visualize in a work with no colors other than
black, white, and a grayscale.” Tints Shades

“For the sixth element, will you please read (Name

of Student) what texture is?” “Sir, Texture used to describe the way a three-
dimensional work actually feels when touched.”
“Thank you (Name of Student)”

“In short, texture is the roughness and smoothness

of the art. It appeals to our sense of touch, which
can evoke feelings of pleasure, discomfort, or
familiarity. Artists use this knowledge to elicit
emotional responses from people who view their
work.”

“Do you understand?” “Yes sir”

“Sir, space is the distances or areas around,

“And for the last element of art, will you please between and within the components of a piece.”
read (Name of the student), what the space mean?”

“Thank you (Name of Student)”

“Also, space can be positive or negative, open or

closed, shallow or deep, and two-dimensional or
three-dimensional.” “Yes sir”
“Do you understand class?”
 D. Generalization
 What are the 7 elements of visual
arts?
 How do you appreciate artworks
using its elements?

E. Application
Activity: Pintados

“Now, we have an activity entitled Pintados”

“Each group will apply the elements of visual arts

by making an artwork with the subject of nature,
people, objects and etc.”

Criteria
Creativity – 40%
Cleanliness – 25%
Originality – 25%
Overall – 10%

“You have 10 minutes to finish your work and your (The students will make an artwork with the help of
timer starts now” their group mates)”

IV. EVALUATION
Evaluate the works of each group.

V. ASSIGNMENT
Read about principles of visual arts.

Prepared by:
Group 4