Second Year Drawing by D. R. Augsburg Second Year Drawing by D. R. Augsburg    

Lesson 34: The Stone House (Color Drawing)

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For the remaining lessons provide children with "the standard colors," which are red, yellow, blue (primary colors), orange, green, violet (secondary colors), brown, and black. Continue practicing drawing a margin line around your works this week.

Children complete the following drill work - recreate the lesson image using the described colors:

  1. Black. Color the entire picture with black.
  2. Blue and Orange. Color the sky blue, also the tree. Color the house and foreground orange. Then with the blue mark in the details of the house and ground and place a wash of orange over the tree.
  3. Blue and Orange. Place a strong wash of orange over the sky, and a wash of blue over the house and foreground. Color the tree with blue over the orange say. Mark the details in with blue.
  4. Yellow and Violet. Place a wash of violet over the sky and color the tree and foreground with violet. Color the house yellow and the details with violet. Place a wash of yellow over the tree and foreground.
  5. Yellow and Violet. Place a strong wash of yellow over the sky. Color the house, tree, and foreground with violet, and over it place a wash of yellow. Add the details with violet.