Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Education

Region IV-ADivision of Batangas

2007 Summer Institute for MSEPColoring Techniques

COLOR – is a powerful elements of the visual arts used for expressive and emphatic purposes.

KINDS OF COLOR1. Primary Colors – there are three basic colors: red, yellow and blue.2. Secondary Colors – produced by mixing equal quantities of two primaries.

red + yellow = orange blue + red = violetyellow + blue = green

3. Intermediate Colors – a mixture of primary and secondary colors;yellow + orange = yellow orange blue + violet = blue violetyellow + green = yellow green red + violet = red violet blue + green = blue green red + orange = red orange

4. Neutral Colors – black, white and gray.

COLOR HARMONIES1. Contrasted Harmony – single color mixed with neutrals (black, gray,

white).Example: red (warm color) with black or white

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

2. Monochromatic Harmony – this consists of varying tints, shade and intensities of one color. The result is a contrast in light and dark values and differences in intensities.

3. Harmony of Adjacent or Analogous Colors – (lie side by side) – colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel; they have one common color and therefore, can be easily combined.

Example: blue - blue green – green - yellow green

4. Harmony of Complementary – these are opposites. A combination of the two at full intensities would produce an unpleasant effect; hence, it is necessary to neutralize one of them.

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

TECHNIQUES IN COLORING1. All drawing must be started with carefully worked out lay-out. Use the tip

of the stick to do the lay-out.2. The first strokes are made straight after doing the general lay-out. Hold

the pastel flat between the fingers (it should be under your hand or underhand).

3. Start to work with background.4. Pastels can make strokes like any other dry drawing method. If you press

softly you will not cover the pores of the paper. However, if the movement is forceful and insistent, any area of the drawing can be completely darkened.

5. Using pastel can give a great variety of effects, depending on the strokes, in some areas the pores of the paper will be completely covered by the pastel, and other areas the stroke will be adapted to the design of the form.

6. To darken the shaded area, another pastel addition is made.7. To complete the exercise, all that remains to be done are some final

strokes in the lower part of the composition using the tip of the stick. This techniques can be very useful in any of the drawing you made.

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

QUALITIES OF COLOR AND TECHNIQUES1. HUE – refers to the color itself. It can never be changed even if the color is

made lighter or darker. Yellow will always be yellow, blue is blue and red is red.

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

2. VALUE –refers to the lightness and darkness of a color. A color can be made lighter or darker in value when white or black is added to it.

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

3. INTENSITY – refers to the brightness and dullness of a color.

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

COLORS VARY IN WAVELENGHTS OR TEMPERATURE1. Receding or Retreating Colors – have short wavelength; thus they seem

to move away from the eyes. They are usually classed as cool colors.

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

2. Advancing Colors (warm) – have long wavelengths and seem nearer to the eyes.

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

LANDSCAPEIllustration and Technique:

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

SEASCAPE

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

CITY SCAPE or URBAN LANDSCAPEIllustration and Technique:

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

POSTER MAKING

Illustration using Flat Technique or Single coloring technique:

Illustration using Two Dimensional Technique:

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Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Illustration using Three Dimensional Technique:

REALISTIC DRAWING – clearly depict the true physical appearance of an object as seen from nature such as that of a bird, a flower, a fruit or even a man.

ABSTRACT DRAWING – almost if not totally unrecognizable representations of ideas only comprehensible to the artist himself until people learn to relate to them and start having their own interpretations.

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts

Julie Ann. Opeña GutierrezVisual Arts Specialist,

Batangas Province High School for Culture and Arts