Colors Watercolors

Basics & techniques

Prepared by:Alshimaa AboelmakaremM.Sc., LEED AP

Freehand Drawing

THE COLOR WHEEL

The color wheel shows relationships between the colors.

Artists often use the color wheel to help understand how colors relate to one another.

THE COLOR WHEEL

Primary Colors

Secondary Colors

Tertiary Colors

THE COLOR WHEEL

PRIMARY COLORS

The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.

Primary colors cannot be made from other colors.

THE COLOR WHEEL

SECONDARY COLORS

The secondary colors are orange, green, and purple.

Secondary colors are made from mixing the primary colors .

THE COLOR WHEELSECONDARY COLORS

THE COLOR WHEEL

TERTIARY COLORSMixing primary and secondary colors creates tertiary colors.Tertiary colors include :

Red-Violet

Blue-Violet

Blue-Green

Yellow Green

Red-Orange

Yellow-Orange

On the color wheel, the tertiary colors are located between the primary and secondary colors they are made from .

THE COLOR WHEELTERTIARY COLORS

Making Tints and Shades

A shade of color is made by mixing that color with black.

A tint of color is made by mixing that color with white.

Tints and Shades

Tints and Shades

This painting by Vincent Van Gogh, Fields in a Rising Storm, has tints and shades of blue in the sky, and tints and shades of green in the fields.

Tints and Shades

ADVANCED COLOR THEORYAn element of art which has three properties. 

1 )Hue, which is the name of a

color. For example, red, yellow, blue are hues   .

2 )Intensity, which refers to the brightness and purity of a color.  For example, bright red

or dull red   .3 )Value, which refers to the

lightness or darkness of a color .

COLOR MIXING

COLOR MIXINGPRIMARY + SECONDARY

When you mix the Primary Colors together, you get the Secondary Colors .

What colors do these make?

Red + Yellow=

Red + Blue=

Blue + Yellow =

Orange

Green

Purple

Materials

WATERCOLOR TERMSWATERCOLOR TECHNIQUESWatercolor Techniques

Dry Brush –Brush loaded with paint onto dry paper.

Glazing-Glazes are easy to accomplish using a little patience between steps. You must let each wash dry completely before applying the next transparent layer of pigment.

Lifting-Removing paint from the paper using a sponge or a soft paper towel.

Masking-Cover areas to preserve the white of the paper. You can use tape or masking fluid.

Salt-Apply salt to wet paint areas of painting to create a speckled texture.

Scratching –Scratch into wet paper to create texture.

Splattering-The flicking of paint onto the paper.

Stamping-Dabbing the paint onto the paper with a sponge.

Wax Resist-Wax is applied to areas you want the watercolor pigment to repel the surface.

Wet-in-wet-a process of adding paint into a wet area that already has been pre-wet with clean water.

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