Three Colourful ATCs

ok - i see you all watching this swap... but only one joined? is it scary? was i not clear? is it too much? (i will refrain from calling out "chicken" and begin clucking!) let me know how i need to change the swap to get more of you to join. remember, this is a swap all about the colour - if the drawings are a bit shaky still, that's ok. maybe it would be easier if the 2nd and 3rd cards could even be cut out of coloured paper.... let me know what it would take to get more of you to join!!!

Well, I'm back at Uni now. :P Dunno what you guys' excuses are. I do have a kickass idea for one card, though, so maybe it'll pull through. (big maybe)

I'm not skeert

Um, okay, embarrassingly enough, I didn't see the lesson OR the swap until today!! Major oops. I was just going to chastise you soundly for not having the next lesson up yet... no, actually I wasn't but I like that phrase. Actually I assumed you were too busy with school etc and I was going to give you a break, BUT I was WANTING to chastise.

So I did join. I probably won't start this until after my daughter's wedding, the 25th, so, Swap Partner, whomever you may be, yours will likely be mailed out JUST in time to beat the deadline. Not early unless I need a major art break for my sanity!! I started an art swap today called "There's a word for people like you ;) " which some of you might like. Holly

I'm kinda freaked out by the "use only primary/secondary colors!" ones. Seriously? That's gonna look like a Mondrian, except not, since it's going to be representational. So it's gonna look as though cut out of construction paper. Does each object have to be a separate color? Can we shade a yellow object with red, for example, and a red one with blue? So as to not make them orange and purple, respectively, of course. Otherwise I'm at a loss for how to make it look any good.

I guess we can shade with black, since you said crosshatching was allowed... and leave the white of the background instead of tint....or would you consider that not the point of the exercise?

good questions - yes, i know that the atcs will look rather "blockish" - that's ok. the goals of this exercise are to 1) get practise mixing colours 2) develop understanding of primary and secondary colours - (colour theory) and 3) put practical application to vocabulary.

now, if you are comfortable with that, then by all means, take more liberty as you like. but may i suggest, try NOT to use black when you doing your crosshatching... instead, use your main colours' complement. .. yeah, if you have a purple object, it might be kind difficult to use yellow, but give it a go anyway. you might be surprised at the subtle shade change. mine is looking really flat right now.... but i think i will use some of the colours from the pieces around it to show some reflected light on it, not sure yet. but flat is all right, too. matisse used nothing but construction paper the later part of his life and did pretty well!

Welll... I did my cards... And way before the deadline. I had wondered previously, and now it was REALLY clear... one of my paints, my red, is not a true red. It looks lovely on my card with the three primary colors. But when I mix purple it is slightly brown. And totally ugly. I will get a new red next time I am at Michael's! But it might still be ugly by the time I send out my ATCs. So I want to apologize to my partner! :)

I "happened" into Michael's today and seized the opportunity to grab some primary red. Ugh, it's awful... but I redid all three cards! And they are better... color-wise, anyway. :)