<span>Practice breathing into your diaphragm. To breathe intoyour diaphragm, breathe in as deeply as you can and push your stomach out as far as possible while doing so, keeping the rest of your body as still as possible. Now exhale, and pull your stomach back in. Make sureyour shoulders don't move.</span>
Elements of Art:
Line: Helps create shapes. Also known as moving point. Vary in thickness, direction, and length. One-dimensional. Abstract, descriptive, implied.
Shape: Flat, enclosed areas (with length and height). Two-dimensional. Geometric or organic.
Color: There are primary colors, secondary colors, etc. (different kinds of color schemes). Hue is the name of a color. Saturated/Intensity-- (ex: dull or faint. bright or strong).
Value: lightness (adding tint) or darkness (adding shade) of a hue. In between/middle is the area of grayness.
Form: Three-dimensional. Height, width, and depth. Can also be free flowing.
Texture: The surface quality (of an object). There is actual texture and implied texture.
Space: Helps give the illusion of depth. Positive and negative areas are defined.
Answer: The earliest forms of Chinese paintings have more human figures and landscapes. The three most common themes that could be found on pottery pieces were; fish, human faces, and abstract designs.
Explanation: Traditional Chinese art resembles considerably in nature. The earliest paintings used to involve the human figure since they were made for tomb walls, to help their souls to get to heaven. They would also have landscapes of mountains and lands. In pottery pieces, Chinese artists used to paint fishes, human faces, flowers, and abstract designs.