Friday, November 11, 2011

Diptics

Analogous color scheme

Triad color scheme

Complementary color scheme

Monocromatic color scheme





Color cup paintings:

In Developing these next four paintings, I used a few different tools, methods, and materials. I found my self to be subconsciously painting across from either left to right or right to left. I didn't use much water, but I did use a lot of paint and different size brushes. I really tried to use good paint mixtures. Also using different size brushes help me get either larger strokes where I wanted them and smaller ones when I needed finesse.
Using my skills of observation was very important here. I needed to know when I needed certain brush strokes or certain colors at the right time. This project has taught me to observe color by, seeing how colors fit together, how they differ, how you can combine them to make a great piece, how each color has a million different ways to change, and how to make a good painting.
Here are my paintings, and the last picture is the original object which I painted: