Question 1
- Explain shading in art.
- List any two examples of shading.
- State any five functions of perspective in art.
Observation
A large number of candidates attempted this question and performed above average. They were expected to respond to the question thus:
- Shading in art
- It is a technique of representing 3-dimensional object on a 2-dimensional surface.
- It is used to effect usual texture in drawing and painting.
- Shading is the technique of showing light and dark in a work of art.
- It is used to give a feeling of recession, solidity and depth to artworks.
- Shading helps the artwork to look real and natural.
- Shading helps in creating the illusion of depth on paper.
- It is the representation of the different values of colour or light and darkness in a work of art.
- It is a term relating to drawing.
- Examples of shading
- Hatching/strokes.
- Cross-hatching.
- Blurring.
- Smudging.
- Wolly.
- Rubbing.
- Pointillism.
- Contour.
- Hatching.
- Scribbling.
- Functions of perspective in art
- Perspective drawing is a science of vision by which the artist can create the appearance of depth and distance on a two dimensional flat surface.
- It is the technique that an artist uses to depict objects as they appear to the eye of the observer.
- Perspective enables the artist to achieve a 3-dimensional effect in drawing and painting.
- Perspective is the technique representing the true appearance of an object from a specific view point on a flat plane.
- Objects near to the artist/observer appear big, while those of the same size that are far appear smaller.
- It is the representation of 3-dimensional images on a 2-dimensional picture plane.
- It helps to show the eyes level or varnishing point.
- It helps to depict foreshortening in drawing and painting.
- It helps us not to represent objects or scenes as they are imagined to be.