What are we learning?• How to mix colors• The emotional meaning of colors

Why are we learning it?• To increase awareness of color

choices in art• To find shortcuts and new

techniques in art making

6.5 – Use color relationships to express meaning

Primary Colors

The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.

Primary colors cannot be made from other colors.

Red + Yellow =

Red + Blue =

Blue + Yellow =

Green

Orange

Purple

What colors do these make?

When you mix the Primary Colors together, you get the Secondary Colors.

• Mixing primary and secondary colors creates tertiary colors.Tertiary colors include: 1) Yellow-orange2) Red-orange3) Red-violet4) Blue-violet5) Blue-green6) Yellow-green

• On the color wheel, the tertiary colors are located between the primary and secondary colors they are made from.

Tertiary Colors

• Tints are light values that are made by mixing a color with white. For example, pink is a tint of red and gray is a tint of black.

• Shades are dark values that are made by mixing a color with black. Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue.

The lightness or darkness of a color is called its value.

Complementary gives a POP of surprise

Analogouscalming because it is natural

Tip: Work light to dark when using analogous colors

Monochromatic easy on the eyes

Tip: Add small amounts slowly to blend from light to dark

Why do artists make art?

• To inspire• To heal• To inform• To advocate• To teach

To inspire

Albert Bierstadt, 1869

To heal

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin

To inform

Keith Haring

To advocate

Kathe Kollwitz

To teach

Paul Cezanne

Still Life Settings• What is a still life?• Why would an artist use a still life as

subject?• What would be good items to put in a

still life?

Kate Brinkworth, 2009

Translucent Glass bottles

Today we will:-Create symmetrical vases-Draft our last artwork-Use color in our art

So that we can:-Increase drawing skills-Make decisions about color in our art

6.5 – Use color relationships to express meaning6.2 – Increase skill and control in use of media and techniques

Observe bottle shapes

1. Fold your paper in half.2. Put your finger on the

folded side3. Draw ½ a bottle shape

on this side4. Open and make sure it

will connect to the other side

5. Cut!

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6. Trace your bottle shape on the far left side of your paper.7. Swap bottles with someone and trace theirs – OVERLAPPING the 1st

8. Swap again and trace until you have @ least 5 bottles drawn.

Highlights Bottom

of the bottle

Designs on your bottles