What is a Color Study?
A color study is usually done to experiment with a variety of color options for a piece of art. Color can change the mood of your art dramatically. So the color choices are important when creating a piece. Often artist will practice with their options before settling on a color scheme.
Color studies above done by Teacher, Tabitha MOrgan
Before doing a color study,
You must know about color theory.
What combinations work and why?
We are going to begin a project all about COLOR!!!
1. PRIMARY COLORS
2. SECONDARY COLORS
3. COOL
4. WARM
5. COMPLIMENTARY (opposites)
6. CHOICE
*ANALAGOUS
*MONOCHROMATIC- TINTS & SHADES
*TERTIARY COLORS
These Videos will help you learn about Color and Advanced Color...
Do artists ReAlly use color theory?
Yes!!!
ANDY WARHOL
He was the King of Pop Art. He was famous for color experimentation with repeated popular images.
Artists still today experiment with color variation on one picture.
The picture is either repeated or sliced to make a final decision of color easier.
Same Picture Repeated with Various Colors
Fisherman's Cove Color Study- by Rocky Roark
Sections with Repeated Picture and Various Colors
Lisa Long's High School Color Study lesson on flickr
Draws Attention elementary school blogger lesson
-ONE PICTURE with Sections of Colors schemes
PLAID PAINT color study lesson
1. Choose a subject:
Choose something you are interested in that is original.
Draw something you have practiced with or that you learned about in class
(Mushrooms, Jellyfish, Crystals, Cactus, Landscapes.)
Animal, Landscape, Object, Still life, Food, Pop Culture item, Original Character...
2. Draw large on paper and divide into 6 sections...
Mushrooms divided by 6 slices.
Landscape reflection divided by 6 boxes.
———-OR———
Draw repeatedly on same paper in 6 boxes.
*To make multiple pictures, start with a sheet of paper tgst is 1/6 of your paper. Draw your design. Trace darker, trace 6 times to paper .
3. Choose a MEDIUM:
Colored Pencils (use blending techniques), Markers, Crayons, Watercolor Pencils (new tool).
4. Use these color schemes for each box. Do NOT leave white.
COLOR SCHEMES
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary,
Warm
Cool
Choice: Neutral, Grayscale, Analogous, Tints/Shades or
Triad (ay 3 colors on a triangle of the color wheel.
Look Familiar,
SIMILAR LESSON from PAST YEAR
https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2022/04/creative-color-wheel.html
