Objectives:
-introduction students to general concept of color schemes
- learn the definition of monochromatic, triadic, complimentary and analogous color schemes and learn their effects.
Materials: original and copies of portraits created during the last lesson oil pastels
Procedure:
- Ask if anyone know what a scheme is. - a plot or a plan. A color scheme is a plan of colors that an artist intends to use in an artwork. Ask students if they decide on a plan of colors before they draw or if they decide as they go along. Tell them that artists do both. They might choose colors for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they want to tie everything together. Maybe they want to attract attention. Maybe the colors are natural to their subjects. Certain color combinations work well together and have been used by artists through the centuries.
- If possible look at examples of art works with different color schemes. Introduce the name of the color schemes and talk about the effect it creates. Monochromatic: Paintings can be unified by the use of a single color. Victor Vasarely, Cheyt M; Saiki Hoitsu, Cranes; Yoruba Peoples, Adire Cloth Complementary: Artists might use complementary colors if they want to attract attention or make a picture glow or pop. Examples: Jan Van Eyck Arnolfini and his Bride, Frank Benson, Sunlight
Triadic: Artist might choose a triadic color scheme when they want a lot of contrast without the vibrating effect of opposites. Examples: Roy Lichtenstein, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet’s Villas a Bordighera Analogous: Artists can use analogous color schemes to unify their works. This is not quite as restricting as monocromatic. Examples: Van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cyprus Trees, Still Life Vase with 15 sunflowers, Starry Night,
Monochromatic: - begin by writing the word on the board. Discuss what mono means- one: monopoly, monocle, monotheism, monotone, monologueChroma- greek word for color. So how many colors are in a monochromatic color scheme? One! But we aren’t going to paint the whole page one color. We can add black and white (review tints and shades) - Now students choose a color and using black and white create tints and shades color in one of the self portraits.
– tell students that to add interest, the may add a pattern to the background, color some areas lightly and others with more pressure
Complimentary colors – Introduce topic of complimentary colors
-explain that they are opposite each other on the color wheel – have students identify pairs of complimentary colors on color wheel – explain how putting complimentary colors together makes them pop, and that when you mix complementary colors together you get gray – tell them they are to color in their face using one pair of complimentary colors, but they might also layer them with black or white to make a variety of tints and shades – remind them that to add interest, the may add a pattern to the background, color some areas lightly and others with more pressure
Triadic Color Scheme - begin by writing the word on the board. Discuss what tri means- three: tricycle, triangle, triceratops, triplets... Chroma- greek word for color. So how many colors are in a monochromatic color scheme? three -ask if any one can think of a group of three special colors - primaries. Ask if they can think of another group- secondary. - show students how the primary colors form a triangle on the color wheel - if there are 18 colors on a color wheel, all triadic color combinations are 6 colors apart. students can choose any color, count off 6 on the color wheel and then count off 6 again - those three colors are his/her triadic color scheme
Analogous -colors next to each other on the color wheel, stopping when the color is the opposite of the color we started with. Example: if we start with red and go through violet-red, red-violet, violet, blue-violet, violet-blue and blue but we
must stop there, because the next color has green in it and green is the opposite of red. An 18 color wheel will have 7 analogous colors.
– wrap up discussion – clean up
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