Art II. Mark Rothko Red, Orange, Tan, Purple, 1949 No. 14, 1960.

Art II

Mark Rothko

Red, Orange, Tan, Purple, 1949

No. 14, 1960

Mark Rothko

Untitled Yellow and Orange, 1956

Paul Klee

Monument in Fertile Country, 1929

Rose Garden, 1920

Paul Klee

Cosmic Composition, 1919

Blue Night, 1937

Henri Matisse

The Dance, 1910 The Dessert Harmony in Red, 1908

Henri Matisse

The Green Stripe, 1905 Michaela, 1943

Josef Albers

Josef Albers

Realistic Colors: John Constable

The Hay Wain, 1821 Salisbury Cathedral From the Meadows, 1831

Realistic Colors: Richard Estes

34th Street, Manhattan, Looking East

Create Mood: Picasso

The Tragedy, 1903 Femme aux Bras Croises, 1901

Color as Symbols: Odilon Redon

Flower Clouds, 1903 The Red Sphinx, 1912

Color as Symbols: Marc Chagall

I and the Village, 1911 The Blue House, 1917

Value Tint Light values that are

made by mixing a color with white

For example, pink is a tint of red, and light blue is a tint of blue.

Shade Dark values that are

made by mixing a color with black

Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue.

Fields in a Rising Storm by Vincent Van Gogh

Assignment

On a 14” x 14” piece of Bristol board use a compass to draw a 3” circle in the center for the primary colors. Divide the circle into thirds.

Draw a radial design with a pencil, having twelve spokes. Each spoke represents one color of the color wheel.

Assignment

Paint the primary colors in the center circle on the Bristol board.

Using the color wheel as a reference, paint tints and shades of each color on the twelve spokes of the radial design. Each color must have at least five steps of the value scale.

Example

Example