MASTER LESSON 4: Apply the Primary Colors to Art
You will show what you know about primary colors as you create an original work of art in this master lesson. Your art will be unique as you apply the methods shown below to your own ideas. We don’t see color where there is no light. Light affects the colors we see. It is easiest to see the form of objects when we use a single light source. The light source might be a window, a lamp, or the sun in an outdoor setting.
Our natural light source is the sun when we are outdoors. When indoors, we might have many light sources from various windows and lamps. Many light sources make the shadows and highlights very confusing. To simplify, turn off all lamps but one or close window shades on all windows but one. Set the objects near one light source. Sit with the light source to your side. Do not sit facing the light source. You should see lighter and deeper areas of color on the object, similar to the box and ball below. A beam of light travels in a straight line. It does not wrap around the corners of a cube or shine with the same intensity on the curves of a sphere. Because of this, different sides or areas of the object will receive different amounts of light. The color will be affected. You can use what you know about applying light or heavy pressure to the pencil to create the effects below.
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