COLOUR, COLOUR, COLOUR

I cannot stress enough how important colour is in your coursework and paper 2. Use these links to find out more:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/colour_theory.shtml
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psyprop.html

To see the application of colour in our lives:
http://83.168.206.163/webbizz/mainPage/main.asp

Different colours have different intensity. Ideally you should have a balance of light, dark, strong and muted colours:
http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/web-2.0-colour-palette

Remember:

1. Effective colour schemes can strengthen the concept of your artwork Eg. Themes that deal with war, destruction and fear use a lot of red, black, brown. Themes that deal with happiness, festivals use bright bold colours.
2. Warm or bright colours push things forward and cool or muted colours make things appear to go backwards.
3. Try not to make your artwork a rainbow with equal amounts of every colour. Instead, use contrasting colours in unequal proportion. Eg. If you have a lot of blues, greens and purples, a small amount of orange and red will make your painting stand out.

Paper 2: Standard of final work

Here are examples of good Drawing and Painting final works:

Colour Personality Test

Humans have a strong response to colour. It is strongly linked to our emotions and personality. Take this quiz:

http://www.colorquiz.com/

Development: Using collage

Li Jun started by taking pictures. She then sketched from her photographs. Finally, she used paper and cloth to create a collage. You may use newspaper, magazines, etc. The idea to create an artwork that emphasizes colour and texture.

TIP: Use words in the newspaper and magazines like lines and paste them in different directions.

Development: Add shapes, lines, dots, colours

Believe it or not, the artwork below are all derived from the lines in the wood texture above. You can use distortion. (1) Add lines, dots, textures. Draw short lines in different directions. This creates a sense of rhythm. (2) Colour in between the lines to create coloured shapes. (3) Transform the lines into shapes by thickening them.

Development: Cutting up and putting together again

Hamirul did 4 sketches. He then "cut" out different parts and pieced them together.

He kept the picture interesting by tilting each elements in different angles. Also, he changed the sizes of the elements, either enlarging or shrinking them.

TIP: To prevent the image from being overcrowded, do not fill up every single available space. Also, use variety by including some large and small shapes.

Development: Transformation

Lee Guoyang transformed pencils into the petronas towers. He then used distortion to further transform the "pencil-towers".

His final artwork (above) was achieved using strong contrasting colours and bold painted lines.

Developemnt: Experimenting with paint techniques

Experiment with different paint textures, dots, short strokes, blending unexpected colours, watery paint, thick paint. You can paint the same image in many different styles.

Look at artists' work for inspiration:
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
http://www.yessy.com/art/paintings/

Development: Rotation

By cropping some of your sketch, then using tracing paper to repeat it in 360 degrees, you will get a totally different image.

Development: Morphing

Morphing is when you take 2 different images and combine them together.

Nurul has taken a teddy bear and a clock and merged them by copying out different parts of each picture. At the same time, she has used a bit of distortion.

Development: Distortion, example 2

1. Raymond drew the shoe first then cropped out part of it.

2. He then used distortion by changing the shapes.

TIP: You may use photoshop or a photocopier to help you do this.

Development: Using lines to seperate tones/ segementation

1. Magnify or draw the close up version of your sketch.
2. Outline the different tones. You will create new shapes.
3. Use different colours to fill in the different shapes.

4. In a further stage of development, you may even distort the shapes and lines a little to create something different (below).

Development: Distortion, Example 1

Eric started with his original observation sketches. He then distorted his sketches by pulling, stretching or changing the shapes slightly.