![]() I hope to see your DIY Dots and the images you captured. ![]() I created a little animation below for you to enjoy. I tried to match the colors as best as I could, and most importantly, I had fun with it! 1,947 Followers, 2,054 Following, 836 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Museum of Contemporary Art IG (moca.ig). I started by outlining the image with dots, for the dark areas I used my darkest color, which happened to be purple. I chose to paint a few plants on my patio Whatever it is, use your Q-tips and dip them into paint to outline them with a few dots Maybe its a few plants, or a collection of stuffed animals, or even a family member. Now it’s time for some Pointillism! Find something around you that you’d like to paint. Put your paint into the egg carton so you’ll be able to store it and use it, and you’re all done! If you find your paint is a little too thick, add water and mix it well to thin it out. These colors are Orange, Green, and Purple.Ī tip for purple, make sure you use plenty of red, as it will get overpowered by the blue! These are colors that are made by mixing two primary colors. Then you can do the three secondary colors. These are colors that you can use to make all other colors, but primary colors can’t be made by mixing. Now it’s time for color theory! Color Theory is the science and art of how we perceive colors and how we mix colors.įirst we will start with our primary colors. Mix the water, salt, and flour together in a bowl, then separate it out evenly into six bowls for your six colors. I took the picture with my little watercolor palette so you can compare the colors later. Things you’ll need:įood dye (primary colors are red, yellow, and blue)Īn old egg carton to hold your paint once you’re done The mixture I made isn’t a replacement for watercolor or acrylic paint, but it was fun to play with and the texture was interesting. I made a little more paint than I meant to, but it can be stored in the fridge for a few days. ![]() You can also do this project with watercolor or acrylic paints, however it’s fun to learn to make your own. To get started, we will first make our own paint using supplies from the pantry. Paul Signac, Femmes au Puits, 1892, showing a detail with constituent colors. By placing similar colors next to each other, our minds blend the dots into shaded hues. Using these tiny dots, the Neo-impressionists (new impressionists) would create a large paintings that would use the fact that our mind tries to fill in the blanks in the images with information. The term was originally used to make fun of this style of work, but later became its name and a well respected version of painting.ĭetail from Seurat’s Parade de cirque, 1889, showing the contrasting dots of paint which define Pointillism Pointillism was developed in 1886 by the impressionist artists named Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. We hope you enjoy this series of MOCA Fun Fridays, at-home arts projects that will pull inspiration from contemporary artists, techniques, and accessible art making.įor this two-part project, we’re going to be raiding the pantry to create our own experimental art supplies! We’ll work with color mixing and color theory to make a rainbow of paint using three primary colors, and then our own pointillism inspired painting!
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