1. Project #3: “Cropped Selfies”
Colour Theory, Cubism, Portraiture

2. Part 1: Colour Theory

3. Colour Theory Colour is an element of art and design
A balance between subjective and scientific
Colours can influence mood, emotions, and perceptions; take on cultural and personal meaning and attract attention
The challenge is balancing these complex roles that colour plays to create an attractive effective design
Traditional colour theory can help you understand which colours might work well together and what kind of effect different combinations will create within your design

4. The Colour Wheel
A colour circle based on red, yellow and blue (primary colours)

5. Some terms…
Hue: synonymous with color; or name of a specific color traditionally refers to one of 12 colors on color wheel
Shade: hue darkened with black
Tone: hue dulled with gray
Tint: hue lightened with white
Saturation: intensity of a color
Value: lightness or darkness of a color

6. Three levels of colors
Primary colors – cannot be created by mixing colors (blue, yellow and red)
Secondary colors – mix the primary colors
Tertiary – mix secondary +primary

7. Colour Schemes… Primary, secondary, tertiary
Colour values- tints, shades
Colour schemes –
Monochromatic: one colour, tint + shades
Analogous; colours next to each other on colour wheel
Complementary: colours directly across from each other
color triads: three colours equally spaced
split complementary: made up of color and complements (e.g. blue, yellow-orange, red-orange)
Tetradic/double complementary: two complementary pairs
warm colours, cool colours

10. Colour Harmony
Harmony – pleasing arrangement of parts; it engages the viewer and creates an inner sense of order, a balance in the visual experience
When something isn’t harmonious, either boring or chaotic
Viewer not engaged, bland

11. How to achieve colour harmony: Colour Schemes
A colour scheme based on analogous colours

12. How to achieve colour harmony: Colour Schemes
A color scheme based on complementary colours
Use a colour scheme to achieve colour harmony

13. How to achieve colour harmony: Reading Colour
Which colour combination with the same purple rectangle looks better?

14. How to achieve colour harmony: Colour Context
How colour behaves in relation to other colours and shapes is a complex area of color theory
Compare the contrast effects of different colour backgrounds for the same red square
Red appears more brilliant on a black background and duller on a white
In the orange one, the red appears lifeless; in contrast with blue which exhibits brilliance

15. Part 2: Cubism

16. Cubism Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque KEY IDEAS:
Cubism rejected the concept that art should copy nature or that artists should adopt the traditional techniques of perspective, modeling, and foreshortening
Abandoned perspective
Instead…emphasizing the two dimensionality of the canvas
Reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms

17. Analytic Cubism - style less literal and more conceptual
Synthetic Cubism – collage

24. Part 3: The Project

25. Project #3 Instructions
For this project, we will be combining the following grades into a massive mural on the wall: Grade 7/8 and Grade 9-12
You will demonstrate your knowledge of colour theory and “analytic cubism” through a self portrait

26. Requirements You will be using pencil crayon for this painting
The shapes must be geometric
Portrait needs to be shoulder and up
You must choose a colour scheme – its tints and shades – and make conscious decisions based on the colours that you used

27. Instructions
Print out a self-portrait /use a mirror– black and white and/or colour – no fancy poses…needs to be JUST your face
Pick a colour scheme
Draw lines through your face to create interesting shapes
The more complex you make it, the better your mark will be
Colour– with pencil crayon– no shading – needs to be a flat colour (no skin colour needed)