Textiles Arts and Crafts PLO- IDENTIFY COLOUR AS AN ELEMENT OF DESIGN
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR? Red : action, confidence, courage, vitality Pink : love, beauty Brown : earth, order, convention Orange : vitality with endurance Gold : Wealth, prosperity, wisdom Yellow : wisdom, joy, happiness, intellectual energy Green : life, nature, fertility, well being Blue : youth, spirituality, truth, peace Purple : Royalty, magic, mystery Indigo : intuition, meditation, deep contemplation White : Purity, Cleanliness Black : Death, earth, stability Gray : Sorrow, security, maturity
WHY IS COLOUR SO IMPORTANT? Visual Cohesiveness and Balance Color schemes that hold together well tend to be derived from the color wheel in a way that is logical and almost mathematical in nature. Emotional Impact Colors affect the emotions of the people who see them. In general, cool colors are colors of calm, sadness or peace, while warm colors are colors of passion, aggression and excitement. Personal Symbolism The use helps the artist become more expressive and develop greater levels of meaning in his creations.
Understanding the colour wheel helps us when we are designing our own projects. To give us desired effects and to stimulate our senses. THE COLOUR WHEEL
Primary colours Primary colours are the three key colours - Red, Blue and Yellow. They cannot be made from any other colour. Red Yellow Blue Secondary colours If you mix equal amounts of the primary colours, you get the Secondary colours - Purple, Green and Orange. Red + Yellow = Orange Red + Blue = Purple Blue + Yellow = Green Orange Purple Green Tertiary colours If you mix a primary with a secondary colour, in a ratio of 2:1, you get a Tertiary colour. Red- Orange, Blue-Green etc. Cool versus hot. Look at the colour wheel and you will see the right hand side of the colours are 'warm' or 'hot' and the ones on the left are 'cool' or 'cold'. Yellow - Orange Blue- Green Red- Orange
CREATIVE COLOUR WHEELS In class we will be working in partners to create your own version of a colour wheel. You will present your work to the class using a medium that works well for your choices. All work must be completed in class time. This means you are to come up with your idea and bring any necessary supplies with you to class. You may video tape yourself creating this at home and bring it in to show me if materials are not transportable.
PART 2 COLOUR COMBINATIONS Creating 6 Different Colour Palettes
#1 - MONOCHROMATIC COLOURS ARE TONES OF THE SAME COLOUR
#2 - ANALOGOUS COLORS ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL
#3 - COMPLEMENTARY COLORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL
#4 - TRIADIC THREE COLORS EQUALLY SPACED AROUND THE COLOR WHEEL
#5 - NEUTRAL ONLY COLORS NOT FOUND ON THE COLOR WHEEL (VARIOUS TONES OF BROWN AND GRAY)
#6 - ACCENTED NEUTRAL NEUTRAL COLORS AND ONE OR MORE SPLASHES OF COLORS
YOUR CHANCE TO CREATE 1. Go to the website http://www.colourlovers.com 2. Click on the sign up button 3. Complete the 5 text boxes making sure that your user name is your first name and last initial 4. Create a password that you will be able to remember and be sure to keep that password to yourself. 5. When putting in your email address make sure it is one that you will want notifications being sent to, or change the settings to make sure this wont happen every time. 6. Click on the heading Create at the top of the page 7. Choose Basic Palettes and begin making your own six types of palettes
THE 6 PALLETTES 1. MONOCHROMATIC 2. ANALOGOUS 3. COMPLIMENTARY 4. TRIAD 5. NEAUTRAL 6. ACCENTED NEAUTRAL
CREATE YOUR OWN PATTERNS When you have had your 6 palettes checked by me, you can create one pattern of your own and colour a pattern that is already there. Be sure to add a description for each and remember that this will be published onto the web for all to see. Use your Netiquette please!
EXTENSION Once you have completed at least two different patterns, Head to the following website: Ployvore.com Choose one of the colour palettes types that we learned today and create a design board that goes with that colour scheme.
FINAL PROJECT So what are we going to do with all this knowledge? We have learned about colour theory and how it helps us to create designs that are both visually appealing and can create a mood, so now I want you to design your own name card/logo that uses these ideas of design and colour to tell me about yourself. These cards will be used throughout the year and if you want to make them into a smaller version we can use them as tags for the projects that you design over the course. You can use Polyvore if you like or any other program that works for you.
PROJECT CRITERIA Principals and Elements of Design Originality and Creativity Effort and Attitude Practical Skills Set up /Clean up 3 - Awareness of design and used elements and space effectively - Generated a number of ideas - Great use of combinations -Participated with enthusiasm - Followed through with their ideas to complete project -Work completed with a high level of craftsmanship - Assisted willingly 2 - Project is adequately completed but could have used either the space more effectively or the elements are not clearly used - Not trying out ideas first - Based work on others - Participated adequately - Completed project well - General craftsmanship - Finishing touches would have enhanced work - Assisted when asked 1 - No evidence in planning and use of design elements is minimal - Used other peoples ideas without much thought - Did not participate well - Poor craftsmanship - Parts are not completed - Minimal effort given