I know I have to be out today and it breaks my heart to not be there with you. I would rather help you continue on with your awesome clay project but as you know I need to go in for my meds today and then tomorrow I will be at work meeting. However, I think I’ve come up with a really great project that will help you review what we have learned. And yes, many of you have learned this. Even those of you who struggle to put down the fortnite game and put the computers aside. Here is everything you have learned this semester. Trust me, what you will do today will build to something totally awesome. So let’s get to it . . . Let’s Review.
1st: Composition (yes that dreaded thing that we have discussed for the entire semester and that I have been harping on you about)
- Remember we discussed the 4 types of composition
- Zoom In (Fill the Space)
- Variety (Don’t just use the same thing all the time)
- Focal Point (make sure you have something to look at)
- Rule of 3rds (I mean does anyone really understand this????? Basically it just means don’t place your main object in the dead center and your good.)
- Zoom In (Fill the Space)
2nd: Blending and Mixing Colors, you may not realize this but we did cover a lot of color theory in class this semester.
- You learned that you can mix colors to get new colors
- Red & Yellow = Orange
- Blue & Red = Violet (you call it purple)
- Blue & Yellow = Green
- Plus if you mix Blue and Green you get Turquoise and if you mix Red and Orange you get Yellow-Orange. You guys got this color theory is easy peasy.
- Red & Yellow = Orange
- You also learned that you can mix colors to make neutrals by mixing opposites you can get brown or grey.
- Red and Green = Brayish
- Blue and Orange = Brayish
- Violet and Yellow = Brayish
- Brayish = A brownish greyish color
- Red and Green = Brayish
3rd: Tints and Shades (we didn’t call it this but you learned about it). This was when you had to mix lighter shades of the same color to show that the mountains were moving away from us. Yep… color theory again!! (HA! I snuck that in and you didn’t even know it). Here’s the official information for your memory (as if you care and will remember)
- Tints are when you add white.
- Shade are when you add black.
It’s very hard to do tints and shades in watercolor paints so we will practice with tempera for our work today. Here’s what I want you to do today. . .
1st: Put aside your video game… yup I know you are playing that on another tab open in the browser, so put that aside and practice these following things.
- Draw two columns on your sheet of paper. They should be roughly the width of a ruler and about 5 inches long. Roughly, they do not need to be perfect.
- Now divide those columns into 5 - 1 inch sections (you should have 5 sections in each column - they do not have to be perfect. Feel free to make them bigger if needed).
- Head over to paint. You are going to get 4 colors. Green, Purple, Black and White. You need about a dime sized amount of each. Put these colors on a folded sheet of magazine page - no need have to wash anything… use a magazine page and toss in the trash.
- I WILL REPEAT THIS. . . You need a dime sized amount of this.
- If you take more than a dime size amount you will struggle to mix.
- I WILL REPEAT THIS. . . You need a dime sized amount of this.
- In the center space in both sections paint the pure color. One will be purple and one green. (we will eventually practice 2 more colors but these are easy for the sub to clean up.
- Now split each color in ½.
- Let me repeat that. SPLIT YOUR PAINT IN HALF!!
- Let me repeat that. SPLIT YOUR PAINT IN HALF!!
- Add a little tiny portion of white paint to 1 ½ of your color (i’ll video myself doing this and you can watch) but choose one color purple/green to start with.
- Now paint that color on top of your pure color
- Add a little more white and paint that on top of your last color.
- Rinse out your brush and dry it off on a paper towel.
- In the clean ½ of your pure colored paint mix a small bit of black paint.
- Paint that below your pure color
- Mix a little more black into your mixed paint and paint that below your last color.
YEAH!!! You now have a value scale. Riveting right?!!! I know this probably wasn’t what you thought was going to be the most exciting project in the world but it was an exercise that will definitely help you build up a really cool painting.
Take a second to watch the artist Jos van Riswick paint a pear, https://youtu.be/Q19VqKUKD_I (yes this is time lapsed which means it was shot over a long period of time and then sped up. The artist does not actually paint a pear in 2 minutes 42 seconds). Unfortunately, there is no explanation of what is happening so you actually have to watch, pay attention, rewind it, take it all in. It is interesting to watch an artist go through all of the steps. I want you to answer one of the 3-2-1 half sheets on what you found interesting, did you notice anything that the artist did that you do? Did you see something new? What did the artist do at beginning that might not be the same as how you paint? These are just a few questions to get your brain thinking. Feel free to jot down some more notes on what you see. On my website I have also included another link to an even cooler painting. Again, pay attention to what is happening. I’m not going to have you painting fruit. Don’t freak about that. (You definitely can if you want to but that’s not the future project).
Hopefully this has been enough to get you through the hour. We will discuss where you are going next. We’ll put it all together in a giant awesome painting. We’ll talk about this when I am back. If you need more to keep you busy start by washing your paintbrush well, throwing out your paper and then make a list of all of the things you are looking forward to doing over the summer.
Alright be good for the sub. I will ask the sub to leave the names of 5 of the most helpful, on task students. Those student will receive a little gift when I am back.
Oh and any supplies left on the table. . . well that’s a lunch detention so make sure you clean up well.
Enjoy,
Mrs. Tillman