WARM AND COLD COLORS
Every color has a certain tendency towards what's
called warm and cool or cold.
WARM COLORS
Red, yellow and orange are traditionally associated with warm or
hot things, like the shining sun, a glowing sunset or a roaring fire.
These colors tend to advance towards the viewer.
COLD COLORS
You can see these kinds of colors in objects that are naturally cold: green
trees, blue water and sky, violet clouds on a snowy day.
Cold colors tend to recede into the background, to create a calm, quiet
and moody effect.
Pablo Picasso appreciated the power of blue.
During his well-known Blue Period (1901-1904), he produced
expressive paintings in a variety of blues.
EXERCISE 1You are going
to draw pictures that make you feel
warm and cold.Materials: markers,
colored pencils, one drawing
paper.
If you are going to use red, yellow and orange (warm colors) you must draw something that is warm, or that makes you feel warm.
The same with greens, blues, and purples (cold colors).
warm
drawing
cold
drawing
EXERCISE 2
Van Gogh, THE STARRY NIGHT
Van Gogh used vivid cold colors and swirling, moving and curving lines in
this painting.
How would this landscape look during the day? Show it in your own picture
using warm colors.