Design I Color Wheel

This was fun…mixing and learning about color. I mentioned in a previous post that we only had two yellows, two reds, one blue, one violet and one green plus black and white colors of gouache. The inner wheel the one shaped like a pie is has the colors above (minus black and white) out of the tube then mixed to make the colors in between. Next we have tints (white added), shades (black added) and tertiary colors. It was fun to mix all these and know that you can make a lot of different colors with just a few tubes of paint.

Until next time,
Diane

Design I first assignment

This was my first assignment for Design I. First find a twig/branch/leaf or something with some shape. You should have seen the class walking around campus looking at the ground. You would have thought someone lost a contact lens or something. Draw the item. Take tracing paper and make a mirror image or copies until you have an interesting but simple design. Possibly add a design element like I did since my item was a bit too simple. The whole point is to emphasize the negative/positive aspects and to learn to paint with gouache (pronounced like gwash). Gouache is an old style paint. It is a watercolor but with an added ingredient to make it opaque. It dries quickly to a matte finish. It comes in MANY colors but for class we only had two yellows, two reds, one blue, one violet and one green black and white. We “made” the rest by mixing. Since this was our first project we used the paint right out of the tube and didn't need to mix. We only needed to get the correct consistency by adding water.

Until my next post,
Diane