2.1 Drawing and Painting

• Drawing at least three forms or shapes in a still-life set-up
• Dominance through size variation
• Complementary colours on the colour wheel (three pairs)
• Colour gradation strip to show colour contrast
• Wash technique; painting a still life to express dominance

• discuss dominance in a picture
• classify complementary colours on a colour wheel
• illustrate a colour gradation strip to show colour contrast
• paint a still life composition to express dominance
• appreciate own and others pictures

“What are complementary colours?”

“How is dominance created in a picture?”

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1. Forms, shapes and a first look at dominance
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   Name at least three still-life forms and begin discussing which object the eye meets first in a picture.
2. Dominance by size variation
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   Dominance is the leading form in a picture; Grade 8 creates it mainly by making one form clearly larger.
3. Draw three forms with dominance
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   Set up at least three local objects with one clearly larger, then draw contours that fill the page.
4. Complementary colours on the wheel
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   Complementary colours sit opposite on the wheel: red-green, blue-orange, yellow-violet.
5. Paint a complementary colour wheel
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   Paint a six-slice wheel that clearly shows the three complementary pairs from poster-colour primaries.
6. A gradation strip for colour contrast
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   Paint a stepped strip between one complementary pair so the ends contrast and the middle mix dulls.
7. Wash behind the still life
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   Lay a pale wash around the drawn forms so the background tints without hiding the dominant object.
8. Paint forms with complementary contrast
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   Paint the still-life forms, keeping the large form dominant and using a complementary accent on a smaller form.
9. Finish the still life
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   Refine edges, highlights and the table plane so dominance and complementary contrast still read at a distance.
10. Display and talk about the pictures
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    Mount or pin still lifes, then talk about dominance and complementary contrast in own and others work with respect.