CONTENTS

AIMS

RESOURCES & MATERIALS

TASK

SESSIONS

GLOSSARY

Unit 3: The colour · the colour like element of the plastic language. · Formation of the colours. Colour light. Colour pigment. · Primary and secondary colours light. · Colours primary and secondary pigments. · The colour like expression means

Analysing  the elements of the work and their relationship

Relating  shape and color

Exploring  colour by developing paintings

Developing the ability to use colour in design

Introducing the primary and secondary colours

Increasing  awareness of colours and to demonstrate that colours can vary in tone

Techniques:

 

Tempera,

Acrylic painting

Watercolour

Indian ink

 

 

Cards

Paintbrush

Drawing book

Compass

 
  1. Paint Munsell’s chromatic circle (15 cm diameter).
  2. Make several chromatic scales

 From yellow to red

From cyan to green

From magenta to purple

Different types of blue, bright to deep

Scale from white to orange

  1. Realize three compositions using:

Complementary colours

Cold colours

Hot colours

 

 

3 x 3 hours + 3 hours of theory=

 

12 sessions
  • Transparent / opaque
  • Watercolour  “wash”
  • Value, intensity
  • Wet-on-wet (or wet-into-wet)
  • Wash
  • Wet-on-dry
  • Dry-on-dry
  • Overpainting
  • Shade, shine and saturation