Experimenting with colour

Today in the "What is Art group?", some of us began experimenting with acrylic paint.  In order to become familiar with the texture and consistency of the medium we created our colour wheels. This game the guys who are beginners a chance to practice mixing colours.

We talked a bit about primary, secondary and tertiary colours. The following are examples of colour wheels.

The challenge today was to paint a flower only using the primary colours and white. Black and white are not depicted in the colour wheel as the reflect light.  When we think about the the rainbow, which is a reflection of light we don't see black and white.  On a continuous spectrum from white to black, we see a representation of the presence of light through to complete absence of light. Which is represented by black.

The addition to these when mixing colours gives us light and shade, adding definition to our work.  As we continue to journey on our 'what is art' exploration the guys are keen to try oil painting next time.