Day 2: Sphere PRactice

Printable Value Scale Ref., Printable Sphere Ref., Printable Worksheet Base

Color Vocabulary

• Hue – The name of a color (like red, blue, or yellow).

• Tints – A color mixed with white to make it lighter.

• Tones – A color mixed with gray or its complement to make it duller or darker.

• Analogous Colors – Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel and blend well together (like blue, blue-green, and green).

• Warm Colors – Colors that feel warm or energetic, like red, orange, and yellow.

• Cool Colors – Colors that feel calm or cool, like blue, green, and purple.

• Color Wheel – A circular chart that shows how colors relate to one another.

• Burnishing (new) – A colored pencil technique where you layer and blend so much that the paper’s texture (tooth) disappears. Often done with white or a colorless blender. ONLY at the end of your color layering when you're confident your colors are correct.

We will not watch this entire video together. Instead we will use it to overview our process. It is also an additional resource to help you see a green sphere being developed.

If you see color combinations you are drawn to in this slide deck its ok to borrow them! Use your rescources

How about some DO's and DON'T's... Before you leave for the day, make time to watch and learn about the, Do's and Don'ts, of colored pencils in this video. It will make your final artwork stronger if you remember these tips. 

Bring Candy for Reference Image

For next class, please bring some colorful, shiny candy that you can arrange and photograph to use as a reference image.

Suggested candies: Skittles, M&M’s, Jolly Ranchers, Starbursts, gummy bears, lollipops, or any other colorful candy you like.

Keep in mind:

• • Skittles and M&M’s are simpler shapes, which may make your drawing easier.

  • Gummy candies or wrapped candies have more complex textures and reflections, which can make your drawing more challenging.

  • Chocolate can be a hard color and texture to recreate so use caution if selecting this to draw

  • Sugar coated candy can be a hard to color and texture to recreate so use caution if selecting this to draw

Look ahead at Day 3 for inspiration on what is possible with colored pencil.

Ask yourself:

• • Which candy do you think would make a successful image?

  • Consider color when you select your candy.

  • Which candy matches your confidence level so far with colored pencil?

Digital Portfolio

For next class your should have your value scales and your sphere practice photographed and added to Section 3: Investigation on your digital portfolio.

• Check out the example submission for this project so far (this is a teacher example page) https://sites.google.com/view/visualartfoundation/ 

• Remember, I cannot score what you do not document. Much like IB scores can only come from the evidence you take visually and not what you say you have done.