VISUAL ARTS: Week 8 ( the colour wheel)

During this week’s lesson, we were asked to create a painting, which showed a student’s comprehension to understand the colour wheel.

 The art piece was divided in 4 sections; all sections focus on the colour wheel principals. For example, in one part of the painting, blue and orange must be used together. In no other place on that picture must you use blue or orange, these rules were applied throughout the picture. Some of the art works that came out of that lesson were amazing, and each picture was very different from the next, This activity is fun for students, and can be extremely relaxing in the process of making these paintings.

 

Here is the colour wheel:

It’s interesting to understand how society uses colours for advantages and disadvantages, For example, in most shops; colour is used to sell products as part of successful marketing. The reason for this tactic comes down to the term ‘'complementary colours’. Complementary colours are colours that when placed together, make each other stand out, through a high contrast. I find this interesting and students can invest in many lessons painting, drawing and designing art works based on the colour wheels.

 I personally enjoyed learning about complementary colours and would defiantly implement many lessons based on this topic