Painting Colour Harmonies
1. ON THE HEAVY CARD PAPER, CREATE A STENCIL. (Make sure the design is creative, original, and ingenious).
2. TRACE AND REPEAT THE STENCIL ONTO THE LARGER 18" x 24" PAPER TO CREATE AN INTERESTING PATTERNED COMPOSITION.
3. DIVIDE THE LARGE COMPOSITION INTO FOUR SPACES. ( Any way - be imaginative).
4. PAINT EACH OF THE FOUR COMPOSITION SPACES WITH A DIFFERENT COLOUR HARMONY. USE THE FOUR HARMONIES LISTED BELOW TO DO THIS.
MONOCHROMATIC - This colour harmony is created by using one hue from the colour wheel and altering it's value with the addition of black white or gray to create shades, tints, or tones of the hue.
ANALOGOUS - Analogous colours are colours that are found side by side on the colour wheel and are related in that, they are created by mixing the same two primary colours. Red-orange, orange, and yellow-orange are examples of analogous colours.
COMPLIMENTARY COLOURS - Complimentary colours are colours that are found directly across from or opposite each other on the colour wheel. When used side by side complimentary colours enhance each other and when mixed together they lower the intensity of each other. SPLIT-COMPLIMENTS - A split-complimentary colour harmony is one in which the two colours on either side of a compliment are selected rather than the colours actual compliment. An example of this would be Red, Yellow-green. and Blue-green.
BELOW ARE SOME STUDENT PROJECTS
The student has divided this composition into a selection of overlapping geometric shapes. The dancers in the centre circle are painted with (black, white and yellow) creating the Monochromatic space. The triangle beneath the circle is Analogous (red-orange, orange and yellow orange), the square is the Complimentary harmony (violet and yellow) and the background is a Split compliment with (red, yellow-green and blue-green).
The student painting below combines a gargoyle design with diagonally divided spaces.
This composition shows a cockatiel design that has been loosely divided into quarters.
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