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Fundamentals of Art Color Symbolism Drill: 1. Title page: Color Symbolism 2. What are your favorite colors? 3. Why? Objective: We will learn about the color symbolism in order to apply meaning to your mandala.
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What do you associate these colors with? Red? Orange? Yellow? Green? Blue? Purple? Black? White?
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Red: aggression, speed, love, intensity Orange: warmth, vibrancy, attention
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Yellow: concentration, sickness, optimism Green: relaxation, nature, refreshment
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Blue: calm, confident, cold, peace, sadness Purple: rare, luxurious, sophisticated, trendy
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List your colors with a colon : Turquoise: Yellow: Magenta:
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Look through the color symbolism packet to find meaning for your colors: (Or make up your own) Turquoise: Refreshing and sophistocated Yellow: Energizing, relieves depression Magenta: is volatile, optimistic, and affectionate, creating a feeling of satisfaction & self-respect, while being imaginative, outrageous, and innovative as well, all along. (Pink) Creativity
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http://desktoppub.about.com/od/tes ts/l/blcolormatching.htm Test your color knowledge. Do you agree with the author? Who wants to try it?
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What material(s) are you going to use to add color? Colored Pencil Water color Tempera cakes Tissue paper Scratch art Oil pastel and watercolor
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If you were absent TUESDAY, come up front to learn the lesson. OR if your design did not work.
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Today’s Goals: 1.Get your Mandala page graded /20 2.Get your Radial Design page graded /20 3.Get a large sheet of paper and large circle. 4.Create a Quadrilateral or Bilateral artwork that is a radial design. 5.Add colors that have meaning to you. 6.Think about craftsmanship (neatness).
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Clean Up PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR ARTWORK. YOUR ARTWORKS GO IN THE LARGE DRAWERS THAT ARE LABELED WITH YOUR CLASS PERIOD. THE FRONT 4 TABLES ARE 1-4. THE BACK 4 TABLES ARE 5-8.
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Monochromatic: weather, time of day
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Complementary: advertising, sports
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Triadic: toys, cartoons
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Analogous: dreams, seasons
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Tuesday November 25, 2008 Fundamentals of Art Objective: We will learn about the effects of color in painting through emotion and memory. We will apply this knowledge in order to critique our own painting and a peer painting.
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