Art · 美術
Art 美術
Art starts with looking. This series begins with color, light, and line, and climbs one question at a time to space, materials, the many kinds of art, and the people who made it.
美術從「看」開始。這個系列從顏色、光和線條講起，一次回答一個問題，一路講到空間、材料、美術的種類，以及創作的人。
Every lesson has something you can move with your own hands: a lamp, a slider, a sheet of color. In Taiwan's school curriculum this subject is called Visual Arts. It is one of the three subjects in the Arts area, together with Music and Performing Arts.
每一課都有可以自己動手的東西：一盞燈、一根滑桿、一片顏色。在十二年國教課綱裡，這個科目的正式名稱是「視覺藝術」，和音樂、表演藝術同屬藝術領域。
A screen can only make light, so the paint on these pages is a drawing of paint, and each lesson says where the drawing is simplified. People do not all see color in the same way, so every color here also has a name, a letter, or a number beside it. When a later lesson shows a famous work, the image will come only from a museum that clearly releases it for open use.
螢幕只會發光，所以這些頁面上的「顏料」是畫出來的示意，每一課都會說明它簡化了什麼。每個人看到的顏色不完全一樣，所以這裡的每一個顏色，旁邊都有名稱、字母或數字。之後的課若放名作，只用博物館明確開放使用的影像。
10 of 20 lessons are ready so far; more are on the way.
目前完成 10 課（共規劃 20 課），持續增加中。
Unit 1 · 單元一
Learning to See 看的基本功
Color, light and shade, and line: the things your eyes work with before you draw anything.
顏色、明暗和線條：動筆之前，眼睛先要學會看的幾件事。
Why Do Paint and Light Mix Differently?
顏料和光，混色為什麼不一樣？Shine a red, a green, and a blue lamp on a white wall and watch the overlaps turn yellow, cyan, magenta, and white. Then swap the lamps for three sheets of paint and see the overlaps get darker.把紅、綠、藍三盞燈打在白牆上，看重疊的地方變成黃、青、洋紅和白；再把燈換成三片顏料，看重疊的地方越來越暗。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →How Do Colors Work Together?
顏色怎麼搭配？Pick a color on the wheel and watch one drawing change its mood as its colors change. Then find out why two squares of the very same gray can look different.在色相環上選一個顏色，看同一張圖換了配色之後感覺怎麼變；再看看兩塊一模一樣的灰色，為什麼看起來會不一樣。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →How Does Shading Make a Circle Look Like a Ball?
明暗怎麼把圓形變成球？Move one lamp around a ball and watch the light side, the dark side, and the shadow follow it. Then take the shading away and see the ball turn back into a flat circle.拿一盞燈繞著一顆球移動，看亮面、暗面和影子跟著它變；再把明暗拿掉，看球變回一個平面的圓。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →What Can a Line Say?
一條線可以說什麼？Watch one line drawn five ways: light, heavy, fast, shaky, and thick to thin. Then draw on the pad with a mouse, a finger, or a pen, and read what your own line shows about how you made it.看同一條線用五種方式畫出來：輕、重、快、抖動、由粗到細。再用滑鼠、手指或觸控筆在畫板上畫，讀讀你自己的線透露了哪些畫法。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Unit 2 · 單元二
Space and Composition 空間與構圖
How a flat sheet of paper can hold a room, a mountain range, or a face, and where to put the main thing.
一張平平的紙，怎麼裝得下一個房間、一片山脈或一張臉；主角又該放在哪裡。
How Do You Draw a Room on Flat Paper?
怎麼在平面上畫出一個房間？Look down a hallway through a window and move your eye up, down, and sideways. Watch the vanishing point follow you, then find it yourself in five line drawings.透過一扇窗戶看一條走廊，把眼睛往上、往下、往旁邊移動，看消失點怎麼跟著你走；再到五張線稿裡自己把它找出來。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →How Do Painters Show Near and Far?
畫家怎麼畫出遠和近？Five identical trees stand at five distances. Switch four cues on and off, overlap, size, position, and air, and watch a flat row of trees turn into a deep landscape.五棵一模一樣的樹，立在五個不同的距離。把四種線索開開關關：重疊、大小、位置、空氣，看一排平平的樹怎麼變成有深度的風景。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Where Should the Main Thing Go?
主角該放在哪裡？A picture has edges, and where you put things inside them changes how the picture feels. Drag shapes around a frame, watch the balance point move, and crop a wide scene in three different ways.畫面有邊，東西放在邊框裡的哪裡，會改變整張畫給人的感覺。在畫框裡拖動形狀，看重心怎麼移動；再把一片寬寬的風景，用三種方式裁切。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Why Do Drawn Faces Look Wrong?
為什麼畫的臉常常怪怪的？Most people draw the eyes too high. Turn a simple 3D head, switch on its proportion lines, and find out how much head there really is above the eyes.大多數人畫臉時，都把眼睛畫得太高。轉一轉一顆簡單的 3D 頭像，打開比例線，看看眼睛上面其實還有多大一塊頭。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Unit 3 · 單元三
Materials and Techniques 材料與技法
Pigments, watercolor, oil, ink, prints, and sculpture: what art is made of, and what each material can do.
色料、水彩、油畫、水墨、版畫和雕塑：美術是用什麼做的，每一種材料又做得到什麼。
Where Do Paint Colors Come From?
顏料的顏色從哪裡來？Paint is colored powder plus something sticky. Pick a pigment from a stone, an insect, a plant, or a factory, mix it with a binder, and see which paint you get.顏料是有顏色的粉，加上會黏的東西。從石頭、昆蟲、植物或工廠挑一種色粉，配上一種黏著劑，看看你做出哪一種顏料。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →How Are Watercolor, Oil Paint, and Ink Different?
水彩、油畫、水墨有什麼不同？One apple, painted three ways side by side. Step through watercolor, oil paint, and ink, and see why each one is painted in a different order.同一顆蘋果，用三種方式並排畫出來。一步一步看水彩、油畫和水墨，看看為什麼每一種的畫法順序都不一樣。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →How Does a Print Make Many Copies?
版畫怎麼印出很多張？How Do You Find a Statue Inside a Stone?
怎麼從石頭裡找出一座雕像？Unit 4 · 單元四
Kinds of Art 美術的種類
Five hundred years of European painting, the Impressionists, Chinese landscapes, and the art that grew in Taiwan.
歐洲繪畫的五百年、印象派、山水畫，以及在台灣這塊土地上長出來的美術。
How Did European Painting Change in 500 Years?
歐洲繪畫五百年怎麼變？Why Do Impressionist Paintings Look Blurry Up Close?
印象派的畫為什麼近看糊糊的？Why Do Chinese Landscapes Have No Vanishing Point?
山水畫為什麼沒有消失點？What Art Grew in Taiwan?
台灣這塊土地上有哪些美術？Unit 5 · 單元五
Artists and Us 藝術家與我們
A few artists and what their work can teach, and three questions to ask in front of any picture.
幾位藝術家和他們的作品教我們的事，以及站在任何一幅畫前面都可以問的三個問題。