Tree Abstraction and Color Theory
Piet Mondrain March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944
Broadway Boogie-Woogie – 1943.
7 th Grade Abstract Oil Pastels Drawings of Fruit and Vegetables. Drill: Examine the two images below and write down as many differences as you can in your sketchbook. THOMAS COLE (American, ) Georgia O’Keeffe (American, )
Step #1 - Measure out a grid Use a ruler to measure out 2 inches on each side of the paper and then connect those points by drawing a line – LIGHTLY.
Step #2 - Draw out your tree. Use the tree shapes below as a guide. You do not need to draw the branches out completely. This will be down when you paint with watercolor
Step #3 - Watercolor Paint in the areas of the composition using colors that you would not typically use; i.e. no brown for the tree, no green for the leaves, no blue for the sky, no green for the grass.
Step #4 – Oil Pastels When blending oil pastels put a darker color down first LIGHTLY. Then go over with a lighter color pressing down harder so that the two colors blend together.
Step #5 – Sgraffito Sgraffito is a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, pastel, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color