Color Landscape
This week we are going to look at color. While we use color as artists, do we really know all there is to know about it? Color can be organized by how it is manufactured. Primary colors cant be mixed by artists, Primary colors are the most basic ingredient when it comes to mixing colors. You have to start with Red, Yellow, or Blue if you want to paint something red, yellow or blue. But the primary colors can be mixed to create any number of colors. Mixing two primary colors will produce a secondary color. depending on which two primaries you start with , you will get either green , orange or purple. Check out the first two videos for more explanation on color. Artists use colors to create illusions. One of the illusions artists create is the illusion of depth or space. They do this by using warm colors to make things appear close and cool colors to make things seem far away. This is called atmospheric perspective. Warm colors are Red Yellow and Orange while cool colors are Blue, Green and Purple. Note; Color theory is complicated and people have different theories on how color works. Color theories can be conditional. The middle two videos explain this better. To Do; Read the text above and explore the videos and links below. Demonstrate your understanding of color and perspective by creating an example that demonstrates ways that artists create depth in artworks through the use of color. For this activity create a landscape that has things that are near, far and in between. Snap an image of your work and upload it to your google drive student account, then attach it to this activity and turn it in. OR use the TURN IN WORK options on this website.
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Perspective Landscape
In addition to using color to create an illusion of depth, artists can also create the illusion of depth and space by how they arrange the objects on the canvas. Objects that you can see all of naturally appear closer while objects that are partially covered appear to be behind. This is called overlapping. Another trick that artists use is placement. Objects at the bottom of the picture appear to be closer to the viewer. Objects that are higher up on the picture plane appear to be further away. Scale is a fourth trick that artists use to make things appear closer or further away. Large objects seem closer and smaller objects seem further away. Artists also observed that things that are close have more detail than things that are far away. So if you want something to appear closer to the viewer, give it more detail and if you want something to seem further away, give it less detail. To Do; Read the text above and explore the videos and links below. Demonstrate your understanding of perspective by creating an example that demonstrates four of the ways that artists create depth in artworks. If you want to challenge yourself, try to incorporate one point perspective into your example. Snap an image of your work and upload it to your google drive student account then attach it to this activity and turn it in.
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Value Landscape
This week we will continue working on landscapes or pictures of outside. We are going to take a look at the element of art Value. Value means how light or dark something is. We are also going to explore the Monochromatic color scheme. Monochromatic means one color. In a monochromatic artwork, there are a variety of values (light and dark and in between values) but only one color. Think of it like looking at a black and white picture through color glass. For this activity I would like you to watch the videos and then create a landscape using only one color. If you are using crayons you can use different pressure to make a color lighter or darker. If you are using watercolor you can add more or less water to change the value. You may even have tempera. You can create the picture using any media you like. You can even take a digital approach to this activity. You are limited to using one color though. When you have finished with your monochromatic landscape, save a picture of it to your student google drive and attach it to this activity to turn it in. Have a great week!
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