In this tutorial workshop we looked at colour according to their chromatic relationship. This means when using colour it is how colours are made and combined.
Primary Colours:
These are called primary because they cannot be made by mixing colours together.
red, yellow and blue.
Secondary Colours:
These are made up by mixing two primary colours together.
green (blue & yellow mixed together)
orange (red & yellow mixed together)
purple ( red & blue mixed together)
Tertiary Colours:
These are made by mixing the primary and secondary colours -
eg: Primary colour – red to primary colour yellow: red, red orange (tertiary), orange (secondary), orange yellow (tertiary), yellow (primary).
Some of the tasks we did were making up the colour wheel – creating tertiary colours using primary and secondary colours, using a template we explores secondary colours and another template to explore tint, tone and shades.
Form:
Painting
Materials:
paint, brushes, palette, water and templates.
Links to the curriculum:
VAES1.2 Experiments with a range of media in selected forms.
Relationship to key concepts of Visual Arts
(e.g. the elements/principles of art)
• recognises how qualities such as colour can assist them to depict various things
Integration of art appreciation/ Ideas for learning and assessment activities
1: Colour can be used for decorative, to create a mood and to express an emotion. One artist that I naturally think about Ken Done, he is an Australian artist best known for his design work. His simple, brightly coloured images of Australian landmarks are not only on canvas but a large range of clothing, bed spreads. I believe his passion for colour would be a very interesting artist to explore in class and try and do our own interpretation of his famous art works. We could also look at another Australian artist Albert Namatijira known for watercolour painting contemporary Indigenous Australian art. Looking at the two artists I believe would be a beautiful contrast of artists and the colours they use.
