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In class we'll work on creating color charts mixing complements and layering so that you'll be better prepared to match the colors of your insect for the homework assignment. We will discuss color temperature and chroma and work on developing value contrast with color. As you practice layering acrylic inks, notice the difference between putting darker colors on top of lighter ones and lighter colors on top of darker ones.
I will also demonstrate using watercolor pencils on top of acrylic inks.
You will choose one insect to illustrate for this project. You may copy from a master illustration or use a specimen in your possession.
Homework: one of the color charts, one sketch for your final project...and if you have time, one small insect study in color...and if you have a little more time, the two remaining charts
from John Curtis' book, Farm Insects
John Curtis
Johann Fabricius
Color Wheel by Moses Harris
complementary colors are opposites on the color wheel.
complementary colors are opposites on the color wheel.
For example, yellow and violet are complements; orange and blue are complements; and green and red are complements.
For example, yellow and violet are complements; orange and blue are complements; and green and red are complements.
mixing complements creates neutrals, like browns or, if white is added, grays.
You will create three color charts, beginning with the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue)
You will create three color charts, beginning with the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue)
Draw a table with 5 columns and 7 rows
Label the columns across the top with numbers 1- 5
Label the rows with numbers 1-7 down.
The first column is fully a fully saturated color.
The last column is bare paper.
Columns 2, 3, and 4 are gradients of the primary color.
label columns 1 -5 across
label rows 1-7 down
Leave the top row as a single primary color with gradients.
Leave the top row as a single primary color with gradients.
paint washes of the remaining two primary colors and the complement of the base primary color (in this case, the base primary color is red, so the remaining primaries are yellow and blue, and the complement of red is green).
paint washes of the remaining two primary colors and the complement of the base primary color (in this case, the base primary color is red, so the remaining primaries are yellow and blue, and the complement of red is green).
The bottom three rows of each chart are the fully saturated primary. You will paint the remaining primaries and its complement in gradients on top. As you can see, the gradients are sometimes hard to see, such as yellow on top of opaque red)
Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677
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