During our Color Theory Unit, the second color scheme which students studied was the Analogous family. ANALOGOUS colors, as Art Lady repeatedly told students, are colors that are "Neighbors" or "Next to" one another on the color wheel. (If you can Note the "N" in your Noggin, there's Nothing to Nullify your kNowing that!)
The ANALOGOUS colors we chose for a still life of a burning candle were: ORANGE, RED AND PURPLE, which are next to each other in that order on the color wheel. We also used various tertiary mixtures of those colors to get hues such as YELLOW-ORANGE for the flame and BLUE-PURPLE for the dark background.
Students worked on small canvases or primed cardboard with acrylic paint, yet one more medium for mixing colors and blending shades and tints. (Above) Sign from a showcase exhibit at GHS
OBJECTIVES:
To know the definitions of "shade," "tint" and "analogous" and be able to identify analogous colors on sight.
To mix secondary and tertiary analogous colors, plus shades and tints of them.
To blend acrylic paint both on and off the canvas.
To reinforce knowledge of how to make objects look 3D through careful placement of shades and tints.
To create a warm mood through the use of warm, analogous colors.
Gallery of Light
(L to R)
Top Row: Keara Bryant Anessa Reid Caitlyn Shipley
Middle Row: Lindsy Darling Ava Horton Hailey Carr
Bottom Row: Emily Hussar Rebeca Towne Molly Smith
(L to R:)
Top Row: Marissa Ortiz
Middle Row: Zoe Millington Hanna Richtmyer Amber Pellegrino