2.1 Drawing and Painting

• Drawing: sketching a composition inspired by the surroundings (landscape or seascape)
• Painting: colour harmony, analogous colours, colour gradation, colour mood (warm and cool), texture by dabbing

• discuss harmony/unity in a picture
• classify analogous colours on a colour wheel for painting
• illustrate a colour gradation strip for colour harmony
• paint a scenery composition to express harmony/unity
• appreciate own and others' pictures

“Why is colour classification important in painting?”

“How does colour affect the mood?”

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1. Harmony and unity in a picture
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Discuss how colour, shape and placement make the parts of a picture belong together.
2. The colour wheel
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Classify primary, secondary and tertiary colours and paint a twelve-part colour wheel.
3. Analogous colours
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Identify analogous colour sets on the colour wheel and use them to create harmony.
4. Colour gradation strip
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Paint a gradation strip that changes smoothly from one colour to its neighbour.
5. Colour and mood
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Explain how warm and cool colours create moods in a painting.
6. Sketching a landscape composition
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Sketch a landscape or seascape with a foreground, middle ground and background.
7. Painting: wash and dabbing
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Paint the scenery composition using a graded wash for the sky and dabbing for texture.
8. Displaying and appraising paintings
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Display paintings in a portfolio and give kind, specific feedback on harmony and colour.