Summer Term week 9

Date: 20th & 21st June LAST WEEK OF THE TERM

Tutor: Siân and Rob

what to bring

Normal painting kit.

Colour of the Week : White

In terms of light, white is a combination of all the colours of the visible spectrum: red, yellow, orange, green, blue, indigo and violet, and has provided us with an order for studying paint colours this term. BUT, in terms of art, combining all these colours gives you a muddy mess!

In watercolour we tend not to use use white paint, relying on the colour of the paper to shine through the transparent colour laid on to it. What is the whitest effect we can achieve? Does sneaking in some white colour using another medium help? How do we deal with those pesky shadows: what colour are they, how deep is the tone?

Quote of the week

‘When you glaze on a bright white ground it is like looking through colour rather than at it - like looking through stained glass’

Fred Machetanz. American painter 1908-2002.

book of the week

Painting Flowers - A Creative Approach

We know…, but we know there’s a really good section in this book about painting white!

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