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Developing Skills - Paint and colour
Developing Skills - Paint and colour
In this series of lessons, you will learn how to mix colours and create colour pallets
In this series of lessons, you will learn how to mix colours and create colour pallets
Task P1: Mixing Green
Task P1: Mixing Green
Acrylic Paint
Acrylic Paint
Watch How to mix Green : Create a 4-5 step scale of each colour combination with a pallet knife & acrylic paint:
Burnt Umber + Cadmium Yellow (light or deep hue)
Black + Cad Yellow
Ultramarine Blue + Cad Yellow
Phthalo Blue + Cad Yellow
Volume, light and shadow Acrylic Paint
Volume, light and shadow Acrylic Paint
Watch Painting leaf with volume light and shadow in acrylic
Paint two leaves as demonstrated in the video with light & dark backgrounds
Watercolour Paint
Watercolour Paint
Watch this video and learn to mix your own greens using blues and yellow found in the watercolour set. If you don't have all the colours get creative and play with what you have.
Volume, light and shadow watercolour
Volume, light and shadow watercolour
Watch videos below and practice painting leaves with watercolour
Task P2: Reflect on your learning
Task P2: Reflect on your learning
Photograph your colour mixing experiments to your digital process journal.
Write a reflection focusing on:
What did you learn?
What worked what didn't?
How can you improve your painting skills?
Task P3: Creating a colour palette
Task P3: Creating a colour palette
Using the website Adobe Colour
Upload one work by Anna Valdez and Henri Matisse and export the colour.
Explain how the artist has used aesthetic choices ( colour) to communicate a mood or feeling.
Upload a photo of your own work and export a colour pallet
Generate three colour palettes and in your digital process journal explain how different colour pallets create different moods or feelings.
Try to paint the swatches in your book and write down mixed them.
Task : Extention Activities
Task : Extention Activities
If you would like to go further below are two video's that will help you to develop skills in brushstrokes, texture, colour and tone.
Refining - Painting Process
Refining - Painting Process
In this series of lessons, you will learn to paint using layers and capture your process
In this series of lessons, you will learn to paint using layers and capture your process
Task P1: Layers
Task P1: Layers
Look carefully at the animated GIF to notice how the background colours were applied first. Each plant was painted in, roughly at first and then layers of light shadow and details were built up over time. Changes and adjustments were made to create a more balanced composition. The addition of the purple plant and coloured vases added more colour variety.
Start your painting by adding the base layer first. Think about the horizon line, break the space up in some way.
Task P2: Outline
Task P2: Outline
Draw an outline of your composition and block out the mid-tone colour.
Task P3:Making adjustments
Task P3:Making adjustments
ADD modify or change your composition to create balance harmony and visual interest. Remember you have an artistic license to change things. Look at the purple plant. It was added later
Task P4:Light and Shadow
Task P4:Light and Shadow
ADD light and shadow, think about balance and unity.
Task P4:Final touches
Task P4:Final touches
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Poster Presentation
Poster Presentation
In this series of lessons, you will create a poster focused on an artwork of your choice that explains 'What aesthetic choices characterized the art movement or style and how the aesthetic choices helped the artist to communicate intentions. ( Inquiry question)
In this series of lessons, you will create a poster focused on an artwork of your choice that explains 'What aesthetic choices characterized the art movement or style and how the aesthetic choices helped the artist to communicate intentions. ( Inquiry question)
Task P1: In groups
Look at poster exemplars in the classroom and online line. Identify the parts of the poster that address the Form, Theme and Context section. Generate ideas for artworks you might want ot investigate
Task P2: Individually - Self Management- Feedback
Getting organised, Select an artwork you want to investigate. Find three sources you can use to answer form theme context questions. Paste them on this organizer and receive feedback from your teacher on the appropriateness of feedback.
Read website and watch video on how to use MLA citation for this project
Task P3: Individually
Create a physical or a digital poster that answers the question on this task sheet
Here are some key things that make an effective poster:
Attractive visual impact to entice people to read it
A compelling title, interesting and intriguing enough to compel your audience’s attention
A clear message that differentiates your research poster from others
Good use of images and diagrams – a picture paints a thousand words in a restricted space
An obvious reading order
Audience interaction – is there something you want your audience to do, or think about, as a result of reading your poster?
Your poster must include the following
A2 paper size ( digital presentation is ok for distance learning )
Be visually influenced by the art movement (It's time to get creative!)
Answer the question prompts from the form, theme and context (FTC) framework
Annotate image of the artwork
Use of appropriate art terminology
Citation and work cited
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