The Color Wheel Primary Colors: red, , blue

Secondary Colors: orange, green, purple

(made by mixing two primary colors together)

purple yellow

Using Q-tips, first add the three primary colors to the color wheel by “dotting” the paint onto the red, blue, and yellow spaces. Next, use two primary colors to create the secondary colors by “dotting” the paints onto the orange, green, and purple spaces. The primary colors will “blend” together to make the secondary colors.

red + = orange + blue = green blue + red = purple

WATCH THE VIDEO “The Color Wheel” FOR DETAILED INSTRUSTIONS!

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ART CRITIQUE Choose one of Seurat’s paintings and answer the questions below.

•  Describe:(color,lines,shapes,etc...)

•  Analyze:(howarethecolors,lines,&shapesusedintheartwork?)

•  Interpret:(what’sgoingonintheartwork?)

•  Judgement:(Doyoulikeit?Whyorwhynot?)

TheSeineandlaGrandeJa.e-Spring2me1888

TheEiffelTower,1889

StudyforASundayA>ernoonontheIslandofLaGrandeJa.e,1884-85

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Draw and color the Seurat painting you critiqued in the space above.

Title of painting: _________________________________________________ Date created:____________________________________________________

•  born December 2, 1859, France •  died 1890 (31 years old) •  Studied art techniques in school, focusing

primarily on color •  Had a scientific approach to painting •  Fascinated by optical effects created by color

and the emotional significance color had in paintings

•  Known for creating pointillism (tiny dots of overlapping colors to create an image)

•  Took two years to paint the 10 foot wide canvas of “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”

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Sketchbook warm-up: Day 1 Drawing tip: sketching objects that are moving

helps you quickly get your ideas on paper

DOGS

In the spaces below, draw a dog in action (running, playing fetch, standing…)

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Sketchbook warm-up: Day 3

Drawing tip: the closer the dots are placed together, the darker the image will be. The

further apart the dots are, the lighter the image will appear to be.

Stippling

Tiny dots of one solid color placed side by side to create an image. This is one of

several drawing techniques used to darken an object and add depth to it on a

flat surface.

By:LidiaLukianova

Inthespaceabove,useapenciltodrawalargecircleusingonecon9nuousline.ShadetheboHomofthecirclewiththepencil.Inthespacebelow,useafinepointpentodrawalargecircleusingaseriesofsmalldots(s9ppling).AddmanydotstotheboHomofthecircletocreateashadow.No2ceanydifferencesbetweenthetwocircles?

Watch the video “Stippling” for a demonstration!

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