Vocab from Chapter 5

Warm colors
Cool colors
Value
Spectrum
Hue
Primary colors
Secondary colors
Intermediate colors
Complementary colors
Monochromatic
Intensity
Tints
Shades
Color harmonies
Analogous

how to paint a color wheel

HOw to paint tints and shades

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Color Theory- Mixing Colors

Making a Color Wheel
Task 1
  1.  Put a small amount of each of the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) onto your ice cream lid which will serve as your palette.  Fill your matching ice cream bucket less then half full with cold to luke warm water.  Warm or hot water can separate the glue that hold the bristles in.
  2. Begin with a slightly damp paintbrush.  Decide how big each piece of the color wheel will have to be and begin by painting a square of one of the primary colors.  It is best to start with a light color, say yellow, first.
  3. Then begin with an intermediate color, like yellow-orange.  With yellow still on your brush, create a new pile of paint then dip just a few hairs on the brush in the red (a little goes a long way).  Mix and then paint onto the paper.  From there, you can add just a little more red to get orange and even more red to get red-orange. It is important to add a little bit of the darker color to the light color.
  4. Clean your brush and move to the next group of colors.
  5. Once you have all the colors of the color wheel (red, red-violet, violet,  blue-violet, blue, blue-green, green, yellow-green, yellow, yellow-orange, orange, and red-orange), clean your brush thoroughly but leave the paint on your palette.

Monochromatic Tints and Shades
Task 2

  1. Add a small amount of black and white to your palette.
  2. Start making your tints by painting pure white onto your paper.  Slowly add color, say red, to your white.  Continue to slowly add red to the white until you have AT LEAST FIVE gradations of pink.  
  3. Clean your brush before painting pure red.
  4. With a clean pile of red paint, slowly add black to the red.  Again, you need AT LEAST FIVE gradations of dark red.

Task 3
  1. After you have finished mixing and painting the colors for your color wheel as well as tints and shades, clean your palette by using a paper towel to wipe off the excess paint. Please do not put paint down the drain!
  2. Cut out the pieces for your color wheel and glue into your sketchbook. Miss Svaren has a stencil that you may use.  
  3. Do the same with your tints and shades.  The shape for your tints and shades is up to you; just be consistent.
  4. Label your color wheel, hue, primary, secondary, intermediate, analogous, complimentary, warm and cool, tints, shades, monochromatic.

Assessment will be based on how well your colors are mixed for your color wheel and monochromatic scale, craftsmanship and correct labeling.