Day 023: Itten who is he?

 
Light-dark and cold-warm contrasts

Light-dark and cold-warm contrasts

We have been exploring the amazing world of colours this and last week. For few days now we shall take a look at colours from a bit theoretical perspective. Yes so, who is Itten?
Johannes Itten was a Swiss painter, teacher and a colour theorist. He was teaching in the well-known Bauhaus art school in Weimar, Germany about 100 years ago. His colour theory is still widely used in art institutions and schools. His book, The elements of colours, is an interesting reading for anyone interested in colour theory.  His theory is based on seven principles of observing colours. The seven cornerstones are the following; contrast hue, light-dark contrast, cold-warm contrast, complementary contrast, simultaneous contrast, contrast of saturation and contrast of extension. The activity on day 14 was based on the complementary colours. We shall also examine Bauhaus school a bit more in the near future when we are zooming into architecture.

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But today we shall explore light-dark contrast and cold-warm contrast in the same activity. How can we simplify the idea of light-dark contrast? Have you ever look at a landscape? How does further objects in the landscape look like? Are closer things a bit brighter maybe? Light-dark contrast is connected to the perception of space and depth. An easy start to explore the thing is to start mixing a bit of white step by step to a primary colour for example. Can you create a scale of colours?

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Today we shall make a three dimensional postcard using light-dark contrast and cold-warm contrast.

1. First you need to find a piece of longer cardboard. We used an old pizza box for this activity.

2. Let’s get familiar with light-dark contrast. We have used blue colour to start with. The idea is to mix step by step a little bit white on blue and by doing so you can easily create a scale of colours. Remember to paint a section of your card always by one mixture.

3. Let’s cut a hilly landscape now.

4. Time to fold the card.

5. Let’s cut two cover pages for the card.

6. This is the step when we are exploring cold-warm contrast. What is the complementary colour for blue? Orange right? Let’s do the same scale of colour by mixing white step by step.

7. Let’s drawn some circles and cut them out.

8. Ok, it is time to get it ready. A bit of glue and a finishing touch and I think we are ready.

Wau, Now you can send it to maybe someone?!

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Step to make the landscape using light-dark contrast

Best part is messing around…excellent discoveries are done sometimes through chaos

Best part is messing around…excellent discoveries are done sometimes through chaos

Steps to work with cold-warm contrast

Landscaping greetings!

Landscaping greetings!

Landscape of dark-light and warm-cold contrast, what do you see?

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Dear followers we want to remind you that parents assume all responsibility for the safety of their children in these activities.
♥ - Team Bobola -

 
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