Module 1 Chapter 2 Extra Activity 2

This activity involved making a grid of overlapping 'pomelo' template shapes and painting this in either complementary or analagous colours. I chose complementary colours, shades and tints. I hope this was the right approach. As before I got thoroughly carried away with this activity and took some pictures at the start and then completely forgot until I reached the end. I chose complementary colours red/orange and blue/green

The grid and overlapping shapes:

I've added another couple of photos in case the colouring is a little better in these two last ones.

The colour in the original is much better and I am happy with this work.

Module 1 Chapter 2.3

Using analogous colours to make harmonius patterns.


I'm afraid I enjoyed this activity so much I forgot to take an adequate number of photos. As before I started off making some notes to myself about analogous groups of colours I wanted to use and making a grid to make sure I didn't end up with two colours, shades or tints abutting the same colour etc. Then I drew up the grid ready to go:

I started off with Yellow - Yellow Orange - Orange as my first group of colours, mixing in with shades and tints. I was really pleased with the result:

Then I repeated this activity with blue violet- blue- blue green. This was a fabulous combination:

Then finally I thought I might go a bit cross country and try red orange-red-red/violet colours, shades and tints in a jigsaw pattern. As a rule these are not my favourite colours, but I was quite happy with the result. Clearly I was a bit over excited as I completely forgot to take any pictures of the process:

Chapter 2: Optical Colour Mixing.

Activity 2.2

I decided to use two very contrasting complementary colours for this exercise as I thought some colours seem to contrast more than others on the colour wheel. I therefore chose green yellow and red violet. As before I enjoyed this activity enormously.


I started off creating the grid bases

Then started to fill in first with the green yellow:

Before adding in the red/violet:

Then I took photos of the grids at various distances away from the page:

I then tried two optical grids. I realise that I have omitted to take enough photos of the workings of this exercise. I think I might have got a bit involved doing it and finished before I remembered to take pictures:

Module 1 Chapter 2 Extra Activity 1

The aim of this activity was to further develop use of complementary colours. I did two examples for this activity. The first looked at complementary colours and tints, the second at complementary tints and shades. 

I started off by making some notes to myself about the direction I wanted the squares to move in, the colours and whether they were going to be colour or tint. At this point I note that I mixed the terminology up a little, so I'll make sure I rectify this in future.

I really enjoyed this activity

Grid No.1 Colours and Tints

These were my initial notes:

GRID No.2 Tints and Shades. 
As before I started making some notes to myself about direction of the grid and also whether squares needed to be Tint on the outside and shade on the inside or the reverse:

Then I got underway:

On the whole I think I prefer the tints and shades, but I like both of them.

Chapter 1.2: Using complementary colours to paint patterns

I started off by selecting a fruit. I looked at various options and felt that your example including a leaf really did give the most interesting possibilities. I chose a pomelo, but really it's the same shape as a pear. I made two templates to start with but ended up making a third smaller template to complete one of the extra activities. I used acrylic paints throughout and used the same primary colour bases: cerulean, cadmium yellow and alizarin crimson.

I chose Cadmium yellow and violet as my first two complementary colours. I thought this was a marvelous combination

Then I chose Cerulean blue and Orange:

Then red (Alizarin Crimson) and green:

I then moved on to using two secondary colours, green/yellow and red/violet. This picture may not have come out as clearly as I would have liked, or it could be that the red/violet had quite a strong effect on the green/yellow.

Finally in this activity I mixed two complementary tints: blue/green and red/orange. 

I had to drag myself away at this point otherwise I would have gone on forever on this exercise.