Value hands with KAWS

 

DISCUSSION: 

Talk about The Kaws painting below:

              What is happening in the piece

What type of art does it most remind you of?

Look at the second piece

Have you seen this before? When? 

What is the same about the two pieces of art? 

color and mood how does it make you feel? 

Value: tints and shades

Black: You only need a dot to change the color

Monochromatic mono (one) chrome (color)

Pure color: color from the bottle. 

ARTIST: Kaws

KAWS (1974-)

American Painter and illustrator

was born Brian Donnelly in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1] 

He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration in 1996.[2] 

After graduation, KAWS briefly worked for Disney as a freelance animator painting backgrounds. 

He also contributed to the animated series 101 Dalmatians, Daria and Doug.[3]

PROJECT: 

Step 1: On card stock, trace your hand. Make sure you finger tips are at the top of the paper and draw your wrist/arm till the bottom. 

Step 2: Draw four horizontal lines through the paper making five stripes (1 is the stripe with fingertip 5 is the bottom stripe with the wrist) seven spaced apart

Step 3: Add pure color through the middle both in and outside of the hand drawing

Step4: Paint white on the inside of the fingertips and opposite end the outside of the wrist

Step5: Mix white with red 

Step6: Add the new color inside the hand (2nd Stripe) and outside the wrist (fourth Stripe)

Step7: Paint black on the inside of the wrist (5) and the outside of the fingertips (1) 

Step6: Add black to your pure color

Step7: Add your new color inside wrist (4) outside the hand (2) 

MATERIALS:
card stock

Tempura Paint in white Black and red

Scrap paper