TES 113E - Basic Design & Visual Arts

Course Objectives

1. To inform students about conceptual and practice based knowledge on
creativity, design principles, design elements
2. Make the student gain the ability to express what they think visually and
understand this process and systematical approach

Course Description

The course includes design elements (point, line, surface, sphere, texture, colour, light, form), design principles (repetition, rhythm, ratio, scale, balance, harmony, contrast, union of contrast, continuity, hegemony), visual perception (psychology of perception, gestalt principles - closeness, likeness, form-base etc., visual fallacy), the concept of space ( space organization in two and three dimensional work, geometry of urban space), the analysis of natural and man-made environment (decomposition, disintegration, abstraction and reinterpretation), patterns (point, line, accented line, value, contour, movement), colour and the psychological affects of colour.