Evening Drawing
(VV052)
Week 4: Colours
Helena Lukášová, Hana Pokojná
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
1
Colour wheel
Image source:
https://onextrapixel.com/wha
t-is-color-theory/
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
2
Colour TheoryColours need to complement each other to be harmonious
• Image Source: https://www.seekpng.com/ipng/u2q8r5y3t4u2u2u2_color-theory-color-wheel/
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
3
More Complex Colour Theory• .html
• Image Source: http://www scrapnframes.com/SITE_EN/SCRAPBOOKING/HTML_PAGES/ColoursHarmonyEn.html
ttp://www.scrapnframes.com/SITE_EN/SCRAPBOOKING/HTML_PAGES/ColoursHarmonyEn.htm
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
4
Colours and feelings
• Blue Nude by Pablo Picasso, 1902
• Sadness
Image Source: www.PabloPicasso.org
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M) 5
• - Vincent van Gogh
• - Rumoured that he ate yellow paint to
• make himself ‘happy’
• - Discovered pigment cadmium yellow
• and chrome yellow
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
6
Image source: Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers 1888 National Gallery, London
Psychology and colours
• -Colours are used to create
• feelings in real life, too.
-For example:shade of green
• in hospitals is meant to be calming,
• -Yellow/ orange/ red signs on the
• road
• - White torture: room to get rid of
• the visual sense
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
7
Image source: https://www.colourgraphics.com/blog/psychology-of-colour/
Values and tones
Image source:https://kapundahigh.weebly.com/shape-and-tone.html
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
8
Squint your eyes!
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
9
• - Try to do a 3 tonal drawing
• - Squint your eyes and look at the darkest
• colours
• - Lightest colours
• - And only THEN the in-between colours
• Image Source: https://www.deviantart.com/sarahcaj/art/Patrick-Jane-Stencil-2-344370332
• Divide the tonal value on the overall
picture, not just , for example: black hair,
white face and grey clothes. Divide it into
darkest shadows, brightest highlights and
other medium tones
• Image source: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/barack-obama-black-and-white-filip-schpindel.html
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
10
Combine
• - Divide your drawing into tonal ranges
• - Assign a colour to eah tonal range, for example,
• blue for the darkest tones, orange for medium ones
• and yellow for the light ones
• - Draw and have fun ☺
• - Great resource: Intuitive Approach to Using
Colour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPPdjHREv7w
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
11
Examples from previous years…
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
12
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
13
Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Studio of Graphic
Design and Multimedia (AGD+M)
14