Have you ever watched the sun come up in the morning?
Did you ever watch the sun go down in the evening?
What colors have you seen at each time of the day?
An artist named J.M.W. Turner created this painting.
The light glows in the evening sky.
Warm colors shine on the river in town.
Have you ever seen warm colors like these?
An artist named Claude Monet created this painting.
Claude Monet. Impression, Sunrise. 1872.
The morning sun lights up the sky, the city in the water.
Have you ever seen COOL colors like these?
Artists study changes in light and color.
They learn how light can change colors.
Draw a special kind of light. What colors will you use?
Project – Color: Warm and Cool Colors
1. Create a drawing on the TAYASUI SKETCHES SCHOOL app.
draw a place that has special colors that come from the sun or another source of light. (i.e. the SUN, moon, STARS, street lights, etc.)
2. Imagine or recall colors that would best show a special time of day, season or weather in that place.
3. Most of your colors should be EITHER warm or cool.
4. Mix colors to create a drawing with a variety of warm or cool colors. You may also use the neutral colors if you wish! (brown, black, gray, white).
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Light colors or tints can be made by adding white to a color.
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Dark colors or shades can be made by adding black to a color.
5. SAVE YOUR ARTWORK TO YOUR PHOTOS LIBRARY AND UPLOAD YOUR IMAGE TO SEESAW AND ARTSONIA.
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Learning about Artists:
J.M.W. Turner was an English painter who became famous for his paintings using kinds of light and color you can see in the city, sky and water at different times of day and in different kinds of weather.
Claude Monet was a French artist who also studied changes in color caused by differences in light. He made paintings of haystacks in a field which show how color, light and shadows change from early morning to sunset.