COLOURS shapes and artists
This chromatics booklet belongs to:______Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 1 infinite colours
There are infinite colours in this world. You can’t count how many colours there are.
You can sort colours. One possibility is the chromatic circle based on three primary colours. Can you name all the colours?
Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 2 primary colours
The three primary colours are: cyan magenta yellow
They are called primary colours because you can't mix them from any other colours.
With cyan, magenta and yellow you can mix any colour. If you mix all three colours in equal parts you get ______.
Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 3 printing
Printers use the three primary colours plus black to create all the colours they need.
Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 4 Warm and cool colours
Colours can be divided into ____ and ____ colours.
____ colours are vivid and energetic.
____ colours give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression.
White, black and grey are considered to be neutral colours.
Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 5 Artists
The following artists are famous. Who is your favourite?
Vincent Van Gogh was a a post- impressionist from the Netherlands. He lived between 1853 and 1980. He was mentally ill and once even cut off a piece of his ear. Today, his paintings are worth millions. He died when he was only 37. Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was not a good student. Picasso invented cubism. A form of painting featuring geometric shapes. No other painter was as famous as him while still alive. He died in 1973. Alice Bailly lived between 1872 and 1938. She was a radical Swiss painter, known for her interpretations of cubism. She first studied art in Geneva and later moved to Paris. She was very modern for her time. Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887. His artistic career included paintings, illustrations, stained glass windows, stage sets, ceramics and tapestries. Each work is full of life with haunting and poetic beauty. He died in 1985. Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the 19th century. His early works were portraits and landscapes, in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a form of symbolism he called "parallelism".
Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 6 This is an illustration of Pablo Picassos cubist painting “Three Musicians”.
Cubism is a style that uses geometric shapes. It was invented by ______and Georges Braque.
Do you know all these geometric shapes?
Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 7 Vincent Van Goghs “Starry Night” is currently shown in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.
Draw your own post-impressionist interpretation:
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Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 9 Be an art critic
Art critics know a lot about art. People are usually very interested in what art critics think about.
The work of art I am critiquing is called: I and the Village The artists name is: ______The style of this painting is modern.
This is what I see when I look at this artwork: Colours: warm ______cool ______
Shapes: ______Textures: ______
I like the painting because it makes me feel: ______I don’t like the painting because it makes me feel: ______
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Art in English /// Chromatics /// 4rd Grade /// 11 Are you an art-expert?
Put five famous artists on a timeline:
1853 1985
What are the styles of the five artists:
Vincent Van Gogh Pablo Picasso Alice Bailly Marc Chagall Ferdinand Hodler Style: Style: Style: Style: Style:
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How old were they, when they died?
Vincent Van Gogh Pablo Picasso Alice Bailly Marc Chagall Ferdinand Hodler was ______was ______was ______was ______was ______when he died. when he died. when she died. when he died. when he died.
The primary colours are: ______.
They are called primary colours because ______. For printing you also need______.
My favourite artist is ______.
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