Senior High School

Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Regions
Artistic Skills and Techniques
Quarter 2 - Module 3

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 - Module 3: Artistic Skills and Techniques
First Edition, 2020
 What I Know
Pre – test

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of the best answer from the choices.
1. __________ is a defined as the material, or the substance out of which a work is made.
A. Artistic Skills C. Medium
B. Technique D. Natures of Art

2. Which of the following is classified as “two-dimensional” art?

A. Pottery C. Paintings
B. Sculpture D. Installation art

3. The following uses “words” as a medium for making art expect ________.
A. Nonfiction C. Sculpture
B. Novel D. Poetry

4. These are the abilities that are possessed by artists who operate within a fine art capacity.
A. Artistic Skills C. Mediums
B. Techniques D. Natures of Art

5. These are the manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired
formal effect, and communicate the desired concept, or meaning, according to his or her
personal style
A. Artistic Skills C. Mediums
B. Techniques D. Natures of Art

6. This is a technique of rubbing with crayon on a piece of paper which has been placed over
an object or an image.
A. Decoupage C. Frottage
B. Trapunto D. Graffiti

7. The French word “Decollage” in English means _______________.

A. Take-off C. Arrange
B. To glue together D. To stuck

8. It is an art form that is created in nature, using natural materials such as soil and rock.
A. Land Art C. Mixed Media
B. Graffiti D. Trapunto Painting

9. Digital Artworks are made with _____________.

A. digital technology C. natural materials
B. pigments D. assemblage of different forms

10. _______ is the process of applying gouache to paper or glass then transferring a reversal
of the image onto canvas or other flat materials.
A. Decalcomania C. Print Making
B. Frottage D. Collage
Lesson

1 Artistic Skills and Techniques

What’s In
The previous lesson scanned the arts and crafts in Mindanao. We were able to study the
attire, textiles, and tapestries created by B’laan, Bagobos, T’boli, Maranaos and Yakan groups. We
also recognized some Mindananoan contemporary artists and their masterpieces. These artists
shared some of their techniques in making contemporary artworks. These artistic skills and
techniques will be elaborated in this lesson.
Many contemporary artists do not have formal studies in the fine arts. Many of them are
selftaught. Concerned with the development of their talent and skills in artmaking, they study on
their own, interact with artists and read a lot about lives of artists and their artworks. They also
explore the materials in hardware stores, experiment with chemical reactions on their base
material. Some hire resin makers, house painters and materials fabricators to help them in
constructing artworks.

In this lesson, we will learn the meaning of “artistic skill” and “technique” through actual
and hands-on activities. We will also learn that artists’ choice of material and how they use these
materials are at the heart of making art, and that these involves process and transformation.

What’s New
ACTIVITY 1: OBSERVE

Observe the photo below. Write five (5) sentences on what you have observed.

1. _________________________________________________________________
 What Is It

ARTISTIC SKILLS

With the broadening of the art world, many people are getting confused about what qualifies as
an artistic skill. Artistic skills are abilities that are possessed by artists who operate within a fine art
capacity.
Each artist uses different mediums to develop their artistic skills. A medium is defined as the
material, or the substance out of which a work is made. Through these materials, the artists
express and communicate feelings and ideas.
The medium also defines the nature of the art form as follows:

1. The sculptor uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass. Sculptures fall within the
category of “three-dimensional” arts because they occupy space and have volume.
Pottery is a form of sculpture. Other examples are nudes or figures such as Guillermo
Tolentino’s Oblation, ritual objects such as bulul wood carvings in the cordillera, or the
santos or carvings of saints in Christian churches.

2. The architect uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone, concrete and various building
materials. Buildings are also called “three-dimensional”. However, architecture has the
added element of time since we move into structures.

3. The painter uses pigments (e. g. watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink, etc.)
on a usually flat ground (wood, canvas, paper, stone wall such as cave paintings.)

4. The printmaker uses ink printed or transferred on a surface (wood, metal plates, or silk
screen) that is keeping with a duplicating or reproducing process. Prints and paintings
are further classified as “two-dimensional” arts, because they include the surface or
ground on which coloring substances are applied. However, while paintings are unique
and one-of-a kind, prints can be reproduced in several pre-determined editions.

5. The musician uses sound and instruments (including human voice), while the dancers
use the body. A T’boli chanter sings creation stories in a way that is different from a
classical singer or pop music influenced by the Western music scale.

6. The dancer uses he body and its movement. Dance is often accompanied by music,
but there are dances that do not rely on musical accompaniment to be realized. Dance
can tell stories, but the other times, they convey abstract ideas that do not rely on a
narrative.

7. The theater artist integrates all the arts and uses the stage, production design,
performance elements, and script to enable the visual, musical, dance and other
aspects to come together as a whole work.

8. The photographer and filmmaker use the camera to record the outside world. The
filmmaker uses the cinematographic camera to record and put together production
design, sound engineering, performance, and screenplay. In digital photography and
film, the images can be assimilated into the computer, thus eliminating the need for
celluloid or negatives, processing chemicals, or print.

9. The writer of a novel, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction uses words. The designer, the
performance artist and installation artist combine use of the range or materials
above.
TECHNIQUE

Technique is the way artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired formal effect,
and communicate the desired concept, or meaning, according to his or her personal style (modern,
Neoclassic, etc.). The distinctive character or nature of the medium determines the technique.
Technique involves tools and technology, ranging from most traditional (for example carving,
silkscreen, analog photography, and filmmaking) to the most contemporary (digital photography,
digital filmmaking, music production, industrial design, and robotics).
Here are some of art techniques used by artists.
1. Collage – is the technique of an art production used in the visual arts where the artwork is
made from on assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. Collage may
sometimes include magazines and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paints, bits of colored or
handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs, and other found objects,
glued to a piece of paper or canvas.
2. Decollage – is the opposite of collage; instead of an image is being built up all or parts of
existing images, it is created by cutting, treating away or otherwise removing pieces of an
original image. The French word “Decollage” in English means “Take-off” or “To become
Unglued” or “To become unstuck”. Example of decollage include cut-up technique. Similar
technique is the lacerated poster, a poster in which one has been over another.
3. Graffiti – are writing or drawings that have been scribed, scratched, or painted illicitly on a
wall or other surface, often in a public space. Graffiti range from simple written words to
elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti may express underlying social and political messages, and
a whole genre of artistic expression is based spray paint graffiti styles.
4. Land Art – earth works, or earth arts is an art movement in which landscape and the work
of art are inextricably linked. It is also an art form that is created in nature, using natural
materials such as soil, rock (bed rock, bolders, stones), organic media (logs, branches,
leaves), and water which introduced materials such as concrete, metal asphalt, or mineral
pigments.
5. Digital Arts – is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as an essential part
of the creative or presentation process. Digital art is work made with digital technology or
presented on digital technology. This includes images done completely on computer or
hand-drawn images scanned into a computer and finished using a software program like
Adobe Illustrator. Digital art can also involve animation and 3D virtual sculpture renderings
as well as projects that combine several technologies. Some digital art involves
manipulation of video images. After some resistance, the impact of digital technology has
transformed activities such as paintings, drawing, sculpture, and music/sound art, while
new form such as net art.
6. Mixed Media – It refers to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct
visual art. For example, work on canvas that combines paint, ink and collage. When
creating a painted or photograph work using mixed media, it is important to choose the
layers carefully and allow enough dying time between the layers to ensure the final work
will have structural integrity, if many different layers are imposed. Many effects can be
achieved by using mixed media. Found objects can be used in conjunction with the
traditional artist to attain a wide range of selfexpression.
7. Print Making – is the process of making artworks by painting, normally in the paper. Prints
are created by transforming ink from a matrix ink from a matrix or through a prepared
screen to a sheet of paper or other material. Common types of matrices include metal
plates, usually copper or zinc, or polymer plates for engraving or etching; stone aluminum
of polymer for lithography; blocks of wood crafts and wood graving; and linoleum for
linocuts. Screen made of silk or synthetic fabrics are used for the screen-printing process.
8. Frottage – is the technique of rubbing with crayon on a piece of paper which has been
placed over an object or an image. The impression of the image can be created using
leaves, woods, wire screen, or metal with embossed image or words.
9. Decalcomania – is the process of applying gouache to paper or glass then transferring a
reversal of the image onto canvas or other flat materials.
 10. Decoupage – is done by adhering cut-outs of paper and then coating these with one or
transparent coating of varnish.

11. Eggshell mosaic - is an artistic technique that uses tiny parts of eggshell to create a whole
image or object. Mosaics are usually assembled using small tiles that are square, but they
can also be round or randomly shaped.
12. Trapunto painting – is the technique used by Pacita Abad where her canvases are
padded, sewn, and often filled with sequins, beads, shell, buttons, tiny mirrors, bits of glass,
rickrack, swatches of precious textiles and other things that she picks up from her travels
and journey.

Art is considered an “artifact’ when it is directly experienced and perceived. It can be spatial
and static or unmoving (e.g., a painting or building, or a novel) or time based and in motion (e.g.,
a live theater production, mobile sculpture).
To know the full meaning of a work, it is also necessary to study the material from which it is made
 What’s More
ACTIVITY 2: MULTIPLE CHOICE

Read the sentence carefully, select the letter of your choice and place it on your answer
sheet.
1. An artwork made with digital technology or presented on digital technology. This includes
images done completely on computer.
a. Collage c. Print Making
b. Land art d. Digital Art
2. Earth work or Earth art movement in which created in using natural materials such as rock,
soil, organic media, and water.

a. Collage c. Print Making

b. Land art d. Digital Art
3. It is the art process of making artworks by painting normally in the paper.
a. Collage c. Print Making
b. Land art d. Digital Art
4. Instead of an image is being built up, all parts of existing images, it is created by cutting or
treating away from its original image.
a. Decollage c. Print Making
b. Land art d. Digital Art
5. These are writings or drawing that have been scribe, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall
or other surface often in a public space.
a. Land Arts c. Digital Arts
b. Collage d. Graffiti

ACTIVITY 3: LET’S IMAGINE!

Imagine you are going to have an art exhibit that will stage in a major mall in your place. Answer
the guide questions below to create a concept of your art exhibit. Guide questions:
1. What artistic skill/s should I use?

2. What medium/s should I use?

_______________________________________________________________
3. What technique/s should I use?
________________________________________________________________
4. How big or small is my exhibit? Should I display it inside or outside the mall?
________________________________________________________________
5. Should I open my art exhibit to public?
________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

ACTIVITY 4: GAIN INSIGHTS

Answer the questions below to summarize what you have learned in this lesson.
• What do you think is the most recent among the techniques mentioned in this lesson?
• How would you differentiate collage from decollage?
 • Where else do you see graffiti?
• Have you seen one land art? What is it made of?

What I Can Do
ACTIVITY 5: EGGSHELL MOSAIC MAKING
Create a contemporary art using the eggshell mosaic art technique. Gather the
materials you need and follow the steps in collage making.
Rubric:
Technique 35 points
Creativity 25 points
Craftsmanship 25 points
Effort 15 points
Total 100 points

Materials you need:

• 1 Oslo paper
• Eggshells (cleaned and dried)
• Glue
• Watercolor/ acrylic paint/ dye/ other coloring materials
• Pencil
• Marker How to Make:
Step 1. Decide on a theme or idea for your collage (example ideas: landscapes, flowers, event,
etc.).
Sketch it first on your Oslo paper using a pencil.
Step 2. Using the marker, outline your sketch.
Step 3. Take your eggshells and break them into small pieces. Arrange the eggshells onto the
paper. Make sure you do not cover the outline of your sketch.
Step 4. If you are satisfied with the arrangement of the eggshells, carefully glue the pieces of
eggshells together. Let it dry.
Step 5. Add accent pieces using the coloring material. Using watercolor, acrylic paint, dye or other
coloring materials, color the eggshells according to your taste and creativity.

Summary
Many contemporary artists do not have formal studies in the fine arts. Many of them are selftaught.
Concerned with the development of their talent and skills in artmaking, they study on their own,
interact with artists and read a lot about lives of artists and their artworks.

• Artistic skills are abilities that are possessed by artists who operate within a fine art
capacity.
• A medium is defined as the material, or the substance out of which a work is made.
• The medium also defines the nature of the art form as follows:
o The sculptor uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass. o The architect uses bricks,
stone, concrete and various building materials. o The painter uses pigments on a
usually flat ground o The printmaker uses ink printed or transferred on a surface
o The musician uses sound and instruments o The dancers use the body.
o The theater artist integrates all the arts.
 o The photographer and filmmaker use the camera to record the outside world.
o The writer of a novel, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction uses words.
• Technique is the way artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired formal
effect, and communicate the desired concept, or meaning, according to his or her personal
style.
• Some of art techniques used by artists are collage, decollage, graffiti, land art, digital arts,
mixed media, print making, frottage, decalcomania, decoupage, eggshell mosaic, trapunto
painting
• To know the full meaning of a work, it is also necessary to study the material from which it
is made and how it is made.

Assessment: (Post-Test)
Post – test

Multiple Choice. Select the letter of the best answer from among the given choices.

1. It is considered as a pre – triumph era.

A. Japanese era C. Modern era
B. Pre – Colonial era D. Contemporary era

2. It is anything printed from raised or sunken reliefs and plane surfaces

A. Civic art C. Practical art
B. B. Commercial art D. Graphic Art

3. It is the changing of raw materials into some significant products

A. Industrial art C. Graphic Art
B. Practical art D. Commercial Art

4. Pis siyabit is an example of __________.

A. ornamentation C. weaving
B. tatooo D. Carving

5. A period in which focuses on idyllic sceneries and secular forms of arts

A. Modern era C. Contemporary era
B. American era D. Pre – colonial era

6. He is one of the abstractionist artists.

A. Fernando Amorsolo C. Juan Luna
B. Romeo Tabuena D. Arturo Luz

7. It is an art of today produced by artists living of today.

A. Modern era C. Contemporary era
B. American era D. Pre – colonial era

8. This art use for or utility, changing of raw materials for utilitarian purposes.
A. Industrial art C. Graphic Art
B. Practical art D. Commercial Art
9. He wrote the national anthem during the Japanese period entitled Awit sa Paglikha ng Bagong
Pilipinas
A. Julian Felipe C. Marcelo Adonay
B. Felipe de Leon D. Ryan Cayabyab

10. An era focuses on geometric and design.

A. Islamic era C. Modern era
B. American era D. Pre – colonial era

KEY ANSWERS

Post Test
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B
6. C 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. A

What’s New (Activity 1: Observe)

*depends on learner’s answer*

* Teacher will make own rubric

What’s More (Activity 2: Multiple Choice)

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5.D
What’s More (Activity 3: Imagine)

*depends on learner’s answer*

* Teacher will make own rubric
What I Have Learned (Activity 4: Gain Insights)
*depends on learner’s answer*
* Teacher will make own rubric
What I Can Do (Activity 5: Eggshell Mosaic Making)
* use rubric

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1. PRE TEST & POST TEST

2. (ACTIVITY 4): GAIN INSIGHTS (PLEASE ANSWER QUESTION #2 ONLY)
3. SUMMATIVE TEST

PERFORMANCE
1. ACTIVITY 5: Eggshell collage (Instead of creating egg collage kindly make a
FROTTAGE ART) Be creative and have fun!