Extremadura PAU Graphic-Plastic Expression Techniques study materials
Extremadura PAU Graphic-Plastic Expression Techniques study resources

Extremadura PAU Graphic-Plastic Expression Techniques cheat sheet

Extremadura PAU Graphic-Plastic Expression Techniques · Keep the key ideas within reach.

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Graphic-plastic expression: materials, image-making and project evidence

  • Support grammage, sizing and acidity each affect a different behaviour: buckling, absorbency, ageing.

  • Graphite grades describe hardness, not darkness alone; pressure and lead angle change the mark.

  • Watercolour reserves paper for white; gouache is opaque and re-wettable.

  • One focal point, then hierarchy by size, weight, value and position.

  • Each family is defined by where the ink sits: raised, incised, on a plane, or through a stencil.

  • Work through formal elements, then composition, then meaning, linking each step.

  • Convert the brief into testable success criteria before starting.