Dan Dressler
  • Home
  • Memory On Display
  • My Work
    • Twilight Zone Series
    • Cell Phone Photo Memories
    • Home Decoration
    • Summer_2019
    • Beneath the Surface
    • Multi Media Collage
    • Photography
    • Mono Prints
  • Contact

Painting I Projects

#2 Primary & Complementary Color Schematic

9/5/2017

 

Primary & Complementary Painting Challenge

Project Goal: Create a botanical or vegetable/fruit watercolor painting that utilizes Complementary and Secondary colors.  Also, painting should address Glazing, color blending and Tinting and Shading 
Directions: 
  • Prepare and stretch a sheet of watercolor paper
  • Select 1 complimentary, 1 secondary color and black to be used for painting
  • Using a #2 pencil, very lightly draw out subject matter, or work free hand.
  • Working from light to dark, fill in the shapes with watercolor paint. 
  • Utilize Glazing techniques to produce a "layered" effect of colors. Each previous layer should be dry before applying the next layer of paint. 
  • Utilize Blending techniques to create gradients when needed.
  • Preserve the white surface of the watercolor paper when needed for highlights.  Remember, there is no white watercolor paint! 
  • Blend complements and secondary colors to create grayed down hues.  
  • Blend or glaze black with colors to establish Tinting and Shading.

Resources:

Artists that work with Complementary Colors: http://artcuratorforkids.com/color-in-art-examples/

Student Samples:

Lemon still life Watercolor Demo by Mr. Dressler


Comments are closed.

Visual Art by Dan dressler

Contact Information

Dan R. Dressler
​Waltham, MA 02453
visualart@dandressler.com
  • Home
  • Memory On Display
  • My Work
    • Twilight Zone Series
    • Cell Phone Photo Memories
    • Home Decoration
    • Summer_2019
    • Beneath the Surface
    • Multi Media Collage
    • Photography
    • Mono Prints
  • Contact