Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A
Division of Batangas
200 !ummer Institute for "!EP
#oloring $echni%ues
#&'&R is a powerful elements of the visual arts used for expressive and
emphatic purposes.
(I)D! &* #&'&R
1. Primary Colors there are three basic colors+ red, ,ello- and blue.
2. Secondary Colors produced by mixing eual uantities of two primaries.
red ! yellow " orange blue ! red " violet
yellow ! blue " green
#. $ntermediate Colors a mixture of primary and secondary colors%
yellow ! orange " ,ello- orange blue ! violet " blue violet
yellow ! green " ,ello- green red + violet " red violet
blue ! green " blue green red ! orange " red orange
&. 'eutral Colors blac., -hite and gra,.
#&'&R /AR"&)IE!
1. Contrasted Harmony single color mixed with neutrals (blac), gray,
white*.
+xample, red (warm color* with blac) or white
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
2. Monochromatic Harmony this consists of varying tints, shade and
intensities of one color. -he result is a contrast in light and dar) values
and differences in intensities.
#. Harmony of Adjacent or Analogous Colors (lie side by side* colors that
are ad.acent to each other on the color wheel% they have one common
color and therefore, can be easily combined.
+xample, blue / blue green green / yellow green
&. Harmony of Complementary these are opposites. 0 combination of the
two at full intensities would produce an unpleasant effect% hence, it is
necessary to neutrali1e one of them.
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
$E#/)I01E! I) #&'&RI)2
1. 0ll drawing must be started with carefully wor)ed out lay/out. 2se the tip
of the stic) to do the lay/out.
2. -he first stro)es are made straight after doing the general lay/out. 3old
the pastel flat between the fingers (it should be under your hand or
underhand*.
#. Start to wor) with bac)ground.
&. Pastels can ma)e stro)es li)e any other dry drawing method. $f you press
softly you will not cover the pores of the paper. 3owever, if the movement
is forceful and insistent, any area of the drawing can be completely
dar)ened.
4. 2sing pastel can give a great variety of effects, depending on the stro)es,
in some areas the pores of the paper will be completely covered by the
pastel, and other areas the stro)e will be adapted to the design of the
form.
5. -o dar)en the shaded area, another pastel addition is made.
6. -o complete the exercise, all that remains to be done are some final
stro)es in the lower part of the composition using the tip of the stic). -his
techniues can be very useful in any of the drawing you made.
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
01A'I$IE! &* #&'&R A)D $E#/)I01E!
1. HUE refers to the color itself. $t can never be changed even if the color is
made lighter or dar)er. 7ellow will always be yellow, blue is blue and red is
red.
$llustration and -echniues,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
2. VAUE refers to the lightness and dar)ness of a color. 0 color can be
made lighter or dar)er in value when white or blac) is added to it.
$llustration and -echniues,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
#. !"#E"$!#% & refers to the brightness and dullness of a color.
$llustration and -echniues,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
#&'&R! VAR3 I) 4AVE'E)2/$! &R $E"PERA$1RE
1. 'eceding or 'etreating Colors have short wavelength% thus they seem
to move away from the eyes. -hey are usually classed as cool colors.
$llustration and -echniues,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
2. Advancing Colors (warm) & have long wavelengths and seem nearer to
the eyes.
$llustration and -echniue,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
'A)D!#APE
$llustration and -echniue,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
!EA!#APE
$llustration and -echniue,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
#I$3 !#APE or 1RBA) 'A)D!#APE
$llustration and -echniue,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
P&!$ER "A(I)2
$llustration using 8lat -echniue or Single coloring techniue,
$llustration using -wo 9imensional -echniue,
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts
$llustration using -hree 9imensional -echniue,
REA'I!$I# DRA4I)2 clearly depict the true physical appearance of an ob.ect
as seen from nature such as that of a bird, a flower, a fruit or even a man.
AB!$RA#$ DRA4I)2 almost if not totally unrecogni1able representations of
ideas only comprehensible to the artist himself until people learn to relate to
them and start having their own interpretations.
Julie Ann. Opea Gutierrez
Visual Arts Specialist,
Batangas Province High School for Culture an Arts