Teaching Painting: Expanding the Complimentary Palette
I have been sharing how I teach my middle school students to build a palette around the complimentary sets (yellow/violet, blue/orange, and red/green). The advantage of this is to assure […]
I have been sharing how I teach my middle school students to build a palette around the complimentary sets (yellow/violet, blue/orange, and red/green). The advantage of this is to assure […]
For the last several posts I have been sharing how I teach my middle school students to build a palette around the complimentary sets (yellow/violet, blue/orange, and today red/green). The […]
After teaching my middle school students color theory and skill with using a brush I ask them to accomplish three projects each using one of the complimentary sets. This is […]
I’ve shared several posts describing my efforts to teach my middle school students color theory and skill with using a brush. The next step for them is to accomplish three […]
In my recent posts I have been sharing the disciplines I impose upon myself and my students to assure an effective use of color. Previously I described the color clock […]
I emphasize color theory to my students, and most of them are willing to apply themselves and learn what I present because they discover that it will benefit them. So […]
In my last post I was telling you about my struggles to use color effectively in my painting. To overcome the challenge I developed four disciplines: First, I adapted the […]
Most of my formal art training took place with a German master in Wiesbaden. I learned a great deal about different mediums and techniques, but not much about color. When […]
Beginning with the experiments of Sir Isaac Newton in 1665, we began to understand that color is in light. That is to say, white light is made up of color […]
This project is far more advanced than the “basic blue brushstroke” exercises that I previously posted, but it builds upon them. Materials: I like Blick student grade tempera but always […]