Using complementary colors in abstract art.
Students started off these pieces by making organic lines in Sharpie. We then reviewed the color wheel talking about primary, secondary, and complementary colors. Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are “opposite” or each other on the color wheel.
- Red and Green
- Yellow and Violet
- Blue and Orange
When complementary colors are placed next to each other they make each other “pop”, when mixed together they create a neutral color.
We also looked at some examples of pop artists. Pop artists such as Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann played with complementary colors and color theory to create their works of art.
After students created their Sharpie underdrawings they were free to experiment with color by placing complements next to one and other, and by using them in a pattern within the shapes they had created.
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