Solar System. Journey. Grade 5. 2019.
This is a NEUTRAL COLOR DRAWING.
Brown, black, gray and white are not colors that you see in a rainbow or prism. Artists call these neutral colors.
Georges Braque, a French artist created this still life painting.
Are most of the neutral colors warm or cool?
Still life (with clarinet) Georges Braque. Original Title: Nature morte (à la clarinette).
Date: 1927; France. Style: Cubism, Expressionism. Genre: still life. Media: oil, canvas.
Location: Philips Collection, Washington, DC, US. Dimensions: 53.9 x 73 cm
A neutral color can be changed by adding warm or cool colors to it.
Perhaps you’ve heard of a “warm brown” or a “cool gray”.
Click on the picture below to see some sample projects.
“Still-life” by elirad889. 2014-2015.
Colors: Neutral colors
THIS PROJECT CAN BE DONE ON PAPER USING OIL PASTELS OR ON IPAD USING THE TAYASUI SKETCHES SCHOOL APP*.
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download TAYASUI SKETCHES SCHOOL app.*
*make sure you go through the tutorial if using the app for the first time.
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Sketch out your idea with a stylus.
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Choose either warm OR cool COLORs TO START COLORING IN YOUR SKETCH.
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NEXT use the color wheel tool, Blend your colors with THE NEUTRAL COLORS TO Make colors that are “darkish”, “lightish”, “brownish” or “grayish”.
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save your design to your photo library and upload YOUR ARTWORK to SEESAW.
Extensions
Learn more about Still Life and Working with Space.
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