Observational Tempera Plants

Observational drawing and painting are difficult skills to master. Students will build upon their photo translation drawing skills, remembering the grid and segmenting space when thinking about spatial relationships. 

Students will practice using a painterly background and a realistic interpretation of the plant. 

Students will practice mixing colors using tempera paint, an opaque painting medium.
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Exercise One: Color Chart
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Exercise Two: Greens Chart
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Exercise Three: Composition Practice
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Exercise Four: Composition Practice
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Final Painting: Painterly Background
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Detail of Painterly Style
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Accurate Color Matching to Plant
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Detail: Capture the form of the plant
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Adding Details
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DIMENSIONS for Color and Greens Charts
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Color Chart Key
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Greens Chart Key

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ENGLISH
VIETNAMESE
CHINESE
SPANISH