Colour Theory
The first activity is colour mixing and developing our own colour palette to use in a painting. Below is a guidance of how to develop tones of colour using water colour
Three way mixes.
The first activity is colour mixing and developing our own colour palette to use in a painting. Below is a guidance of how to develop tones of colour using water colour
Three way mixes.
- Use the colours nearest to PRIMARY COLOURS you have. Cadmium red, cadmium blue and cadmium yellow is good.
- Draw (or imagine) a circle about 4” across Put a blob of red at 12 o’clock yellow at 4 o’clock ,and blue at 8 o’clock. Gradually add more and more yellow to your red putting blobs of colour at 1,2and 3 o’clock. Repeat with yellow to blue and blue to red. You have made a COLOUR WHEEL making secondary colours of purple orange and green. Colours opposite to each other on the wheel are called complementary colours and make a real zing if you put them next to each other. (attachment3)
- You can repeat this using “cool” colours cerulean blue, alizarin crimson and lemon yellow.Your colour wheels do not need to be as organized as this. This next (and last) activity is really useful when working out what colours to use in a painting.
- Choose any blue red and yellow. For example, yellow lake, rose madder, cobalt or indian yellow, burnt sienna, ultramarine. Paint a fat circle of water. Put your three colours at 12, 4, 8 o’clock and allow them to mix. You can help them to mix if you want. You should have a circle where each colour gradually changes into the next. Giving you loads of different shades. Label Everything. There’s another attachment showing some of mine. (no. 4)
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