Lighting it up in Colour

VSW14 Painting: Materials and Methods (2)

Finally we were allowed to play with colour ... as long as we followed the instructions carefully.

Colour Cube - primary colours, 12 x 12 x 12 cm

Colour Cube - secondary colours, 12 x 12 x 12 cm

In this cube we started from each of the primary and secondary colours and then vary saturation, tone and hue. We moved on to a still life, which we used to investigate complementary colour, tint and pointillism. 

Apples, oil on canvas paper, A4

Apples, oil on canvas paper, A4

Pointillist Apples, oil on canvas paper, A4

The final studio task was to transform a familiar space.  I chose my garden and my kitchen.

Garden Transformed, Oil on canvas, 92 x 62 cm

Cook Under Pressure, Acrylic on canvas board, 92 x 62 cm