Introduction to Art Tasks
Learning methods and main topics in art education
Logifaces Art exercises cover three major topics and are recommended for three school age-groups: grades 1 to 4, grades 5 to 8 and grades 9 to 12.
There are two types of Logifaces exercise: visual exercises and art technique exercises.
All the Logifaces Art exercises in the two major topics contain icons indicating the basic design elements that characterise the specific exercise. There are seven icons and each indicates a specific artistic feature.
Each exercise is described by a title and a number of icons.
Line - There are many different types of line, all being characterised by their length being greater than their width. A line may be static or dynamic depending on how the artist chooses to use it. Lines help determine motion, direction and energy in a work of art. Actual lines are those that are physically present. Implied lines are those created by visually connecting two or more areas together. Straight or editing lines give structure to a composition. They can be adjusted to the horizontal, vertical or diagonal axis of the surface. Expressive lines are curved, and add an organic, more dynamic character to a work of art. Expressive lines are often rounded and follow undetermined paths. Outline or contour lines create a path around the edge of a shape. In fact, outlines often define shapes.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates that line structure is important in the solution.
Shape - A shape is defined as an area enclosed in two dimensions. Shapes can be described as geometric, organic or abstract. By definition shapes are always flat, but the combination of shapes, colour, and other means can make shapes appear three-dimensional, as forms.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of planar composition impact in the solution.
Form - The term form is used to describe a shape that has an implied third dimension. Value and texture can be used to make parts of a flat image appear three-dimensional.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of 3D structure and plasticity in the solution.
Value – Value (or tone) is the relative lightness or darkness of a shape in relation to another. The value changes create contrast on a page. In design, we can use different tonal values to create emphasis in a design.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of spatial depth and light and dark contrast in the solution.
Colour – The colour scheme used in contemporary visual education is related to Johannes Itten’s reinterpretation of the colour scheme of the romantic painter Philipp Otto Runge. Itten invented a twelve-part colour wheel, which is a graphic scheme that consists of geometric shapes of different colours. In the centre there are the three primary colours – yellow, blue, red. Next come the secondary colours – orange, green, violet. Each of these colours is composed of two primary colours in equal proportion. The twelve-part colour circle consists of three primary colours, three secondary colours, and six tertiary colours (the result of mixing a primary colour and a secondary colour). Itten suggests using this circle to build harmonic colour chords.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of colour interpretation and the relationship between colour effect and visual information in the solution.
Space – Space is the area surrounding or between real or implied objects. A pictorial surface is flat, however artists are able to create various spatial representations such as axonometry, perspective, and the representation of space through the dynamic composition of the depicted forms (humans, drapery, etc.). The representation and space can be achieved through the amalgam of different points of view, light sources, and even planar constructs.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of spatial interpretation, the relationship between spatial situations and point of view, and spatial representation conventions in the solutions.
Texture - Texture adds a tactile appearance to a surface. The goal of texture is to add depth to a 2D surface. Texture can be applied graphically through the use of lines, colours, patterns, or digitally created effects. Three-dimensional works of art (sculpture, pottery, textiles, metalwork, etc.) and architecture have actual texture, which is often determined by the material used to create it: wood, stone, bronze, clay, etc.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of the relationship between composition and material quality in the solutions.
Line - There are many different types of line, all being characterised by their length being greater than their width. A line may be static or dynamic depending on how the artist chooses to use it. Lines help determine motion, direction and energy in a work of art. Actual lines are those that are physically present. Implied lines are those created by visually connecting two or more areas together. Straight or editing lines give structure to a composition. They can be adjusted to the horizontal, vertical or diagonal axis of the surface. Expressive lines are curved, and add an organic, more dynamic character to a work of art. Expressive lines are often rounded and follow undetermined paths. Outline or contour lines create a path around the edge of a shape. In fact, outlines often define shapes.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates that line structure is important in the solution.
Shape - A shape is defined as an area enclosed in two dimensions. Shapes can be described as geometric, organic or abstract. By definition shapes are always flat, but the combination of shapes, colour, and other means can make shapes appear three-dimensional, as forms.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of planar composition impact in the solution.
Form - The term form is used to describe a shape that has an implied third dimension. Value and texture can be used to make parts of a flat image appear three-dimensional.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of 3D structure and plasticity in the solution.
Value – Value (or tone) is the relative lightness or darkness of a shape in relation to another. The value changes create contrast on a page. In design, we can use different tonal values to create emphasis in a design.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of spatial depth and light and dark contrast in the solution.
Colour – The colour scheme used in contemporary visual education is related to Johannes Itten’s reinterpretation of the colour scheme of the romantic painter Philipp Otto Runge. Itten invented a twelve-part colour wheel, which is a graphic scheme that consists of geometric shapes of different colours. In the centre there are the three primary colours – yellow, blue, red. Next come the secondary colours – orange, green, violet. Each of these colours is composed of two primary colours in equal proportion. The twelve-part colour circle consists of three primary colours, three secondary colours, and six tertiary colours (the result of mixing a primary colour and a secondary colour). Itten suggests using this circle to build harmonic colour chords.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of colour interpretation and the relationship between colour effect and visual information in the solution.
Space – Space is the area surrounding or between real or implied objects. A pictorial surface is flat, however artists are able to create various spatial representations such as axonometry, perspective, and the representation of space through the dynamic composition of the depicted forms (humans, drapery, etc.). The representation and space can be achieved through the amalgam of different points of view, light sources, and even planar constructs.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of spatial interpretation, the relationship between spatial situations and point of view, and spatial representation conventions in the solutions.
Texture - Texture adds a tactile appearance to a surface. The goal of texture is to add depth to a 2D surface. Texture can be applied graphically through the use of lines, colours, patterns, or digitally created effects. Three-dimensional works of art (sculpture, pottery, textiles, metalwork, etc.) and architecture have actual texture, which is often determined by the material used to create it: wood, stone, bronze, clay, etc.
In Logifaces exercises, this icon indicates the importance of the relationship between composition and material quality in the solutions.
Logifaces visual exercises
Logifaces visual exercises follow the book learning method and the main topics of systematic visual education. These visual exercises follow the following themes: Planar and spatial works / Characteristics of art tools and visual impact / Age, style, genre & contemporary art phenomena / Design, fashion, identity / Natural and artificial environment / Environment: technology and tradition / Environment and sustainability, environmental awareness
1 - A creative conversion of a floor plan
2 - Mirror space
3 - Planar impact Grade 1 - 4
4 - Planar impact Grade 5 - 8
5 - Planar impact Grade 9 - 12
6 - Geometric forms
7 - Logifaces and shading Grade 5 - 8
8 - Logifaces and shading Grade 9 - 12
9 - Object & space design
10 - Create a modern village with Logifaces Blocks
11 - Create a modern building with Logifaces Blocks Grade 5 - 8
12 - Create a modern building with Logifaces Blocks Grade 9 - 12
13 - Negative spaces Grade 5 - 8
14 - Negative spaces Grade 9 - 12
15 - Shapes in fashion
16 - Silhouette and patterns of shapes and shadows
17 - Shapes in fashion illustration
18 - Logifaces kirigami
19 - Letter design
Logifaces art technique exercises
The Logifaces art technique exercises elicit creative solutions through the use of materials, textures, and encouraging intuitive creativity with the life learning method. The use of various materials and textures broadens the range of creativity.
20 - Light & dark Grades 1 - 4
21 - Light & dark Grades 5 - 8
22 - Light & dark Grades 9 - 12
23 - Colour & tone in transparency Grades 5 - 8
24 - Colour & tone in transparency Grades 9 - 12
25 - Cubist artwork reconstruction
26 - Avant-garde artwork reconstruction
27 - Shadow hunting & penetrating impact
28 - Logifaces plaster of Paris casting Grades 5 - 8
29 - Logifaces plaster of Paris casting Grades 9 - 12
31 - Clay boxes
32 - Wall art - folded pyramids
33 - Sensorial intervention
34 - Perceptual randomness
35 - Cut-outs Grades 1 - 4
36 - Cut-outs Grades 5 - 8
37 - Manual pattern design inspired by natural mesh and net structures
38 - Accessory and object design using Logifaces for cut-pattern structure
39 - Origami combined with Logifaces