COLOR WHEEL WITH Marc Chagall

Discussion:
Color wheel
What is color?
Where do we get color
Where do we see color in nature? All togther?
Primary colors: what are they?
What does primary mean?
Secondary colors
What are they
How do we get them?

ARTIST: Marc Chagall
1887-1985
Russian Born. French painter
Known for his use of colors
Known for his dreamlike images
He used clear colors and geometric forms
Mastered stain glass in his sixties

Project: Create a Chagall inspired color wheel
Step1: use a white oil pastel to draw all over your paper
You could draw scenes from a dream or lines and shapes
Step2: draw an x on your paper using a pencil
Step3: draw a horizontal line across your paper creating 6 openings
AS YOU PAINT YOU WILL REVEAL YOUR DREAM DRAWING
Step4: paint in red in one triangle
Step 5: skip the next triangle
Step6: paint in blue in this triangle
Step7 Skip the next triangle
Step 8 paint in yellow in this triangle
Step 8 mix red and yellow…paint orange in this triangle
Step 9 mix red and blue…paint purple in this triangle
Step10: mix blue and yellow…paint green in this triangle

MATERIALS:
watercolor paper
Watercolors
White oil pastels
Pencils