This is the Grade 6 MAPEH (Arts) Quarter 2, Module 4 self-learning module, “Digital Painting.” It was developed by DepEd Region VI – Western Visayas for home-based learning under the Alternative Delivery Mode (First Edition, 2020). It helps learners understand how computers, hardware, and software are used to make paintings, and asks them to create a digital painting of their own.
On this page 5 sections
What learners will learn
After going through this module, the learner is expected to:
- Utilize art skills using new technologies (hardware and software) in digital painting (A6PR-IId)
The module has one lesson, Lesson 1: Digital Painting.
Key ideas in the module
Traditional painting and digital painting
The lesson opens with two self-portraits side by side. One is an oil on canvas painting by the impressionist Vincent van Gogh. The other is a digital version made by Tadao Cern. Unlike Van Gogh, Tadao Cern uses the computer to express himself as an artist. Learners are asked to guess which one was painted digitally, explain how they could tell, and say which they like better.
The module defines two basic terms:
- Software is a collection of data or computer instructions that tells the computer how to work.
- Hardware includes the physical, tangible parts or components of a computer.
In the pretest, digital painting is described as an emerging art form that uses traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, and impasto. You also need a computer and an operating system to create one.
Advantages of using computers in painting
The module explains that computers have changed painting in the last few decades and make almost every part of it easier:
- Errors can easily be corrected.
- Work is done in an organized, no-mess environment.
- Colors do not fade, and brushes never wear out.
- Stages and versions of the artwork can be saved, filed, and easily retrieved.
- Work can be transferred or printed on almost any media.
- Work can be formatted and easily e-mailed to interested parties.
Digital painting as a hobby and a career
Digital painting can be a fun, lasting hobby, and it can also become a living. The module lists fields where digital painters are sought after: digital animation (movies and video games), fashion design, cartoons, poster making, crafts, and t-shirt design. A digital painting competition at Technopark is shown as an example.
What makes a “real painting”
The module stresses that drawing skill is only one part of being a good digital painter. You also need to prepare everything that helps you get your ideas across and add details that make your work stand out. It notes that a painting is considered a real (traditional) painting if:
- the canvas peeps through the oil paint
- the brushstrokes appear thick or thin on the board or canvas
- the artist mixes and blends colors to build forms
- the watercolor washes can blend
- the watercolor is deposited on rough paper
How to use this module
The module follows the usual self-learning module parts, in this order:
- What I Know: a 10-item multiple-choice pretest on software, hardware, artists, and digital painting tools.
- What’s In: a 10-item true or false review on painting tools and techniques.
- What’s New: the Van Gogh and Tadao Cern comparison, with the definitions of software and hardware.
- What Is It: the main discussion on the advantages of computers, careers, and preparing for digital painting.
- What’s More: three questions. What is digital painting? How can you say that a painting is real? Who is the great impressionist who made the oil on canvas self-portrait?
- What I Have Learned and What I Can Do: a short summary, then a task to make a sample digital painting.
- Assessment: a 10-item checklist where learners mark the statements that describe their attitudes and feelings during and after doing the artwork.
- Additional Activities: make a painting using new technologies (hardware and software).
For learners: Write all answers on a separate sheet of paper and do not mark the module. Answer keys for the pretest and the What’s In activity are at the back. Check your work honestly after answering.
For parents: Help your child find a computer or device for the painting tasks if possible, and encourage them to ask the teacher when a task is unclear.
For teachers: The Notes to the Teacher ask you to check whether the learner’s work meets your objectives and to give praise.
Frequently asked questions
What grade and quarter is this Digital Painting module for?
It is the Grade 6 MAPEH (Arts) module for Quarter 2, Module 4. It was developed by DepEd Region VI – Western Visayas under the Alternative Delivery Mode.
What competency does the module cover?
It covers one competency: utilize art skills using new technologies (hardware and software) in digital painting, with the code A6PR-IId.
What is the difference between software and hardware in the module?
Software is a collection of data or computer instructions that tells the computer how to work. Hardware includes the physical, tangible parts or components of a computer.
Does the module have an answer key?
Yes. The answer key at the back covers the What I Know pretest and the What’s In true or false activity.
What output do learners have to make?
Learners make a sample digital painting based on the lesson in What I Can Do. They also make a painting using new technologies in the Additional Activities.
Full text of the module
The text below is a transcription of the PDF above, as printed.
MAPEH – Arts Quarter 2 – Module 4: Digital Painting
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CO_Q2_Arts6_Module4
MAPEH – Arts
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 4: Digital Painting
First Edition, 2020
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Undersecretary: Diosdado M. San Antonio
Development Team of the Module
Author: Jean Corinne G. Tubiera
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MAPEH – Arts
Quarter 2 – Module 4: Digital Painting
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they can best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master art. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the module you are now using.
After going through this module, the learner is expected to:
- Utilize art skills using new technologies (hardware and software) in digital painting. A6PR- IId
What I Know
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
- What is a software?
a. Is a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work. b. Are not available to get started with digital painting c. Cannot manipulate to turn your work into a digitalized masterpiece. d. None of the above
- What is a hardware?
a. Is such an important part of making a poster. b. Includes the physical, tangible parts or components of a computer. c. Errors can easily be corrected. d. None of the above
- One of the oil on canvass painting (self- portrait) is made by the great impressionist named __________________.
a. Tadao Cern b. Sarah Grace C. Fojas c. Alan Henry d. Vincent van Gogh
- Unlike Van Gogh, _____ uses the computer as means to express himself artistically.
a. Sarah Grace C. Fojas b. TadaoCern c. Meedhu Joseph d. Jose Joya
- What is digital painting?
a. Accept the remarks and suggestions of others. b. Is a sketch of portrait that transform into a 3D portrait c. Is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolour, oils, impasto, etc. d. A dodge tool that help you accomplish your work.
- _________ is famous for his repeated images.
a. Andy Warhol b. Joseph Joya c. Tadao
- You need a _______ and operating system to run on to create a digital painting.
a. scanner b. computer c. Gimp d. Tools
- This tool darkens an image.
a. layers b. brush tool c. burn tool d. dodge tool
- The __________________ imitates the style of painting of late 19th-early 29th century Impressionism.
a. Impressionist Brush b. Dab c. Layers d. Palette Knife
- It does not add color, it just smears the colors that are already present, including background color.
a. Dab b. Layers c. Impressionist Brush d. Palette Knife
Lesson 1 Digital Painting
After going through this lesson, the learner is expected to utilize art skills using new technologies (hardware and software) in digital painting. A6PR- II
What’s In
Put a check mark(/) if the statement is true and X if the statement is false. Answer it on your paper.
_____1. Type tool places text in a picture.
_____2. The pen tool makes lines and can be used to create different shapes.
_____3. Brushes are the stars of all painting software programs.
_____4. Dodge tool darkens an image.
_____5. Computers can make you a better artist.
_____6. You have to understand how the elements and principles of artwork on designs.
_____7. You have to use different types of brushes in digital painting.
_____8. You will choose your digital brush with the Brush Selector in the upper-left corner of your computer program’s workspace.
_____9. Wet-in-Wet is a watercolor technique.
____10. Dry brush is often used with a soft paper.
Clap! Clap! Clap! If you got 10. Don’t be sad if you got 5 below.
What’s New
Have you ever wondered just what digital paintings are? Look at the two paintings below. Observe the difference in each picture.
[illustration: self-portrait painting by Vincent Van Gogh]
by: Vincent Van Gogh
[illustration: digital self-portrait painting by Tadao Cern]
by: Tadao Cern
Can you now tell which one was painted digitally?
How were you able to tell the difference?
Which one do you like better?
One of them is the oil on canvas painting (self-portrait) by the great impressionist Vincent Van Gogh. The other one is its version, a state-of-the-art digital painting, by Tadao Cern.
Unlike Van Gogh, Tadao uses the computer as a means to express himself artistically. Many people say Tadao’s digital painting is exceptionally good. They also say that making one like it is only possible in the digital world.
Software is a collection of data or computer instructions, that tells the computer how to work.
Hardware includes the physical, tangible parts or components of a computer.
What is It
How do you prepare and go digital in painting? You are on your way to becoming a digital painter!
Painting has changed in the last few decades, thanks to the power and creative ability of computers. Computers can make just about every aspect of painting easier.
Advantages of Using Computers in Painting
- Errors can easily be corrected.
- Work is done in an organized, no-mess environment.
- Colors do not fade and brushes are never worn-out.
- Stages and version(s) of the artwork can be saved, filed, and easily retrieved.
- Work can be transferred or printed on almost any media.
- Work can be formatted and easily e-mailed to interested parties.
Digital painting is a fun hobby, one that you will enjoy for years. You can even make a living with digital painting. After you have gained enough confidence in producing digital paintings, you can see whether this hobby can become a career. With your knowledge of digital painting, you can become a highly sought after artist by companies to venture into digital animation (movies and video games), fashion designs, cartoons, poster making, crafts, t-shirt designs, etc.
Example:
[photo: a student working at a laptop during a digital painting competition]
A digital painting competition at Technopark
Preparing for Digital Painting
Your ability to draw is only one part of being a good digital painter. Being able to prepare everything else needed to get across your ideas with your brush and to add the details that make your painting stand out is equally important.
Note: A painting is considered a Real Painting if:
- the canvas peeps through the oil paint
- the brushstrokes appear thick or thin on the board or canvas
- each artist mixes and blends colors to build forms
- the watercolor washes can blend
- the watercolor is deposited on rough paper
What’s More
Now, you have learned your lessons on digital painting. Hey! It’s your time to show me that you learned.
Answer the following questions below:
- What is digital painting?
- How can you say that a painting is real?
- Who is the great impressionist made the oil canvas (self-portrait)?
What I Have Learned
Hey! Stop! Park your learning.
Painting has changed in the last few decades, thanks to the power and creative ability of computers. Computers can make just about every aspect of painting easier.
What I Can Do
You can do this!
Make a sample of digital painting based from the lessons you learned.
Wow! Great! Congratulations
Assessment
Put a check mark (/) before each statement that describes your attitudes and feelings during and after doing the artwork.
_____1. I can appreciate the elements and principles applied in digital art _____2. I realized that art processes, elements, and principles still apply even with the use of technologies. _____3. I can apply concepts on the use of the software (commands, menu, etc.) _____4. I can understand my classmates better through their participation in class _____5. I can create a digital painting similar with the Masters’ (e.g., Van Gogh, Amorsolo, etc.) _____6. I can utilize art skills using new technologies (hardware and software) in digital painting. _____7. I can accept the remarks and suggestions of others. _____8. I am happy with, and proud of my works. _____9. I can see myself improving in how I think and work in this activity. ____10. I can clean and take good care of the things in my classroom after using them.
Notes to the Teacher
Check the work of your learner if he/ she met your objectives. Give some praises.
Additional Activities
I can do this! Make a painting using new technologies (hardware and software).
Answer Key
[transcriber’s note: the answer key is printed rotated 180 degrees in two boxes; the answers below were read from the upside-down print]
What’s In
- /
- /
- x
- x
- /
- /
- /
- /
- /
- x
What I Know
- a
- b
- d
- b
- c
- a
- b
- c
- a
- d
References
Retrieved from:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/students-display-digital-painting-skills/article4339232.ece
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