Color is one of the most powerful tools in an artist’s tool kit, but it can also be complex and confusing. Teaser question: can you tell me what colour scheme my Cup and Saucer painting was painted in? (answer at the bottom of post) the fundamentals of colours, how they are created and how they relate to one another; basic…
Exercise 1. Colour Wheel Exercises These exercises are designed to go along with Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 of the Art Basics series by Christel Mol Dellepoort, pastel artist. If you’d like to use them to teach from in a class room or group setting, please contact me for ready-to-print handouts of these exercises and the lesson plans. Below is an…
So we’ve figured out the basics about the colour wheel, right? Well, partly so. We’ve discussed primary, secondary and tertiary colours in Art Basics – Lesson 1, but the world is made up of a lot more than just those 12 colours. Reports vary, but the general consensus is that the human eye can distinguish over 7 million different colours!…