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

Lesson 35: The Bridge - Dark Land (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, Orange, and Green. Color the sky, bridge and water blue. Color the abutments of the bridge and the land orange. Place a wash of orange over the bridge. Mark in the details of the bridge and abutments with blue. Add touches of green to the foreground and trees.
  3. Yellow and Violet. Color the sky, bridge, and water with violet. Color the stone abutments and foreground yellow, and place a wash over the bridge. Mark in the details of the bridge and abutments with violet. Mark in the details of the foreground and bushes with violet.
  4. Yellow and Violet. Color the sky, bridge, and water with a strong wash of yellow. Color the abutments, bridge, and foreground with violet. Make the bridge, abutments and foreground dark. Mark in the details with violet and yellow.