Warm and Cool Colors

This week we began class by looking at two pieces of work to discuss warm and cool colors: Flower Beds in the Dresden Gardens by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner for warm colors and Artist in Greenland by Rockwell Kent for cool colors. We discussed how it might feel and what we would wear if we were in the painting. We also discussed the term horizon line and how some artists use this in their work.

Students were given two long pieces of paper to complete their abstract paintings. They began first by drawing a horizon line with their pencil and then working on one painting at a time. They also completed an abstract warm color painting and a cool color painting. After the paintings dried they were mounted together onto a single black sheet to display the beautiful contrasts of the dual paintings.