WHEN THE SUN SETS {OR RISES} THERE IS A DRAMATIC RANGE OF COLOR IN THE SKY. aLSO, WHEN THE SUN IS DOWN LOW, AND THERE ARE OBJECTS BETWEEN US AND THE SUN.............THEY APPEAR BLACK!
tHAT IS BECAUSE WE SEE THINGS BECAUSE LIGHT HAS TO STRIKE THEM....AND THEN IS REFLECTED BACK TO OUR EYES TO SEE DETAILS
WHEN THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT IS FAR AWAY, THE ITEMS HAVE NO LIGHT REFLECTING OFF OF THEM, AND APPEAR .....BLACK
WE CALL THESE ......."BLACK ITEMS"..........SILHOUETTES!
WE WILL CREATE OUR OWN SUNSET AND SILHOUETTE SETTING
WE WILL USE WATERCOLOR PAINT TO CREATE OUR SUNSET BACKGROUND
STEP 1. WE WILL NEED PAINT, WATER BOWL, BRUSH IN ADDITION TO PAPER
PLEASE CARRY THE WATER COLOR PAINT FLAT & HORIZONTAL AS YOU SEE HERE
STEP 2........START PAINTING NEAR THE BOTTOM OF YOUR PAPER.....RED MAKE A HORIZONTAL STROKE ACROSS YOUR PAPER
THEN ..........GOING UP THE PAGE........ADD A STRIP OF ORANGE YOU CAN MIX THE ORANGE ON TOP OF THE RED
STEP 3........THEN ......GOING UP YOU ADD BLUE......AND THEN IF YOU WANT........PURPLE AT THE VERY TOP! THE COLORS SHOULD OVERLAP WHERE THEY "TOUCH"
MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN YOUR BRUSH IN THE BOWL OF WATER, AND CLEAN IT WITH A PIECE OF TOWEL......BEFORE GOING INTO ANOTHER COLOR
NEXT STEP.........WE WILL ADD BLACK "TEMPERA" PAINT FOR THE BOTTOM WHICH IS THE GROUND AREA.........YOU CAN CREATE HILLS IF YOU WANT
NEXT STEP.......YOU ARE NOW READY TO GO TO THE LIGHT BOX TO TRACE IN PEOPLE OR ANIMALS, ETC. THAT WILL BE IN SILHOUETTE!!!
here is an example of how this might look like
Once you have used the watercolor to do the sunset, and then used black tempera paint to do the ground area..........you will trace your images onto the paper using pencil at the light box, and then fill them in with a sharpie as you see here
here are some other examples of how your artwork might look like...........google image some ideas!!
there are some problems with the following work, can you spot them