Unity

Vocabulary:
Unity - work feels complete and finished (color, texture, repetition and movement) work together.
Variety - creates visual excitement.

Assignment:

Materials -
Watercolor paper
Pencil
Eraser
Black Sharpie (Fine Point)
Watercolor paint and angular paint brush

Instructions: (Use a pencil first.)
A - Using a lid trace a circle in the center of the paper.
B - Draw a line dividing the circle. Create a moon face with the line. This will become the UNITY line.
C - Extend the line from the circle to the end of the page at the top and bottom of the circle.
D - Draw things you might see in a moon and sun background. (Stars, planet, rays of sun, clouds, etc.)
E - Draw the faces of the moon and sun.

Retrace everything drawn with sharpie.
Erase the entire drawing to prepare for adding color.

See instructions above.

Erase entire drawing. The drawing is ready to be painted or color added using other media.

Use darker colors in the corners and add a lighter color to blend away from the corners. (See purple in corners blended with blue, orange in corners, blended with yellow.) To make lighter colors, add more water to your brush and pull away from the darker color. (See dark blue/lighter blue in the moon and red circles.)

Draw Unity project out in pencil. Make sure to have a unity line down the middle to divide the moon from the sun. Create a night sky background and a daylight sky background.

Retrace everything with a fine tip sharpie. (not to be confused with the ultra fine tip). Once everything has been sharpied, use a large eraser and erase the entire page.

Choose either the warm side or the cool side and begin painting. Remember to use creative color by using darker colors in the corner and blending outwards with a lighter color.

Examples: Use black sharpie to add additional textures to the painting.

The finished product. Feel free to add dashes, dots, swirls, etc. with black sharpie.

Examples:

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