Lesson 4: Colour
Colour and Texture Combined.
This is a quick note and the offering of a quick exercise for those of you who want the added extra challenge.
If an artist wants to be 'super real' or graphically realistic eventually there is a need to combine all of the elements of design into one final statement. To do this the artist must be able to use colour theory and an ability with texture - in the same subject matter.
So here is a quick exercise to get you thinking. Don't be discouraged if you find it too hard - let that experience guide you to start collecting information. About colour and about texture. Eventually this knowledge will all come together.
Draw a cactus in flower in front of a window pane. In other words - choose a subject which will combine a variety of textures such as prickly, soft and glassy - with a variety of different colours which also give different qualities. Such as transparency. See how you go - and then move on. The way I approach a task such as this is take each element at a time and draw it seperately and then combine the lot into one last final drawing. Let us know how you went about it over on the discussion board.
