Painting: Light and Dark Colors

An artist made this painting.

Look for light and dark colors.

Arthur Dove, Fog Horns 1929. Oil on canvas, 21.5″ x 28.5″

You can mix paint.

You can mix light colors.

You can mix dark colors.

 

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Painting: Light and Dark Colors

  1. PAINT A WHITE CIRCLE.

  2. Add a “dot” of color.

  3. Mix the two colors.

  4. PRACTICE MAKING TINTS WITH WHITE PAINT.

  5. PRACTICE MAKING SHADES WITH BLACK PAINT.

EXTENSIONS:

ART AND MUSIC: THINK OF VISUAL METAPHORS FOR THE QUALITIES OF SOUND.

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MAKE DRAWINGS OR PAINTINGS TO MUSIC OR TO SOUNDS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SUCH AS A BARKING DOG OR A SIREN.

MAKE A PAINTING OF A TOUCH OR FEELING YOU CAN IMAGINE, SUCH AS ICE COLD WATER OR ROUGH SANDPAPER.

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