Pixelation

When you have time at hand and an eye for various colors in a visual, you should pick up your brushes, scissors, paints and glue and begin with what I call... Color Mixing Artwork!

Step 1: Make a grid over your visual. I chose a 5"5 visual and made a grid of 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm.

Step 2: Observe each gird box individually. Identify the color and try to paint that on a small strip of paper. When it dries, match it with that of the visual

(The best way to do this is by keeping the strip edge near to the visual and observing)

Step 3: Make such paints for every box in the grid. Also, if there are two or more colors in the same box, then mix them together and use that color.

Step 4: Cut each color according to the square size of your final artwork. (0.5 cm in this case)

Step 5: Paste each square in its place neatly.

Tips:

1. Match the colors after drying as they tend to change hue value.

2. Use a raw printed layout of your final artwork's grid for cutting squares accurately. 

3. Label the squares as A1,A2... B1,B2 etc to paste them easily without getting confused which goes where -OR- cut and paste simultaneously.

4. Use fevi stick instead of fevicol so that the pieces can be taken off in case anything goes wrong. Also, it avoids glossy stains on your artwork.

More the hard work, sweeter the result! So put your energy and time into this, and come up with a beautiful artwork you'll be proud to call yours! :)

Understanding Color Schemes

I recently made the following composition highlighting the various color schemes. I used a simple geometric pattern of collar, tie and a pocket rose. Every hue is created using the 3 primary colors - Poster red, Blue (cobalt blue + ultramarine blue), Yellow (chrome yellow + lemon yellow)

A quick overview of main idea behind the color schemes depicted from left to right:

1. COOL COLORS: Soothing and soft colors. They have a calming effect on the viewer's eyes.

2. SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY COLORS: The colors lying opposite on the color wheel - one primary and one secondary. However, the secondary color is further split into it's two tertiary colors. So, it is a combination of one primary + two oppositely lying tertiary colors. Eg: Blue + Red Orange + Yellow Orange

3. MONOCHROMATIC COLORS: It is a scheme of tints and shades of any color. In this case, shades and tints of green.

4. TRIADIC COLORS: Three equally spaced colors on the color wheel form the triadic color scheme. Eg: Yellow, Blue, Red.

5. ANALOGOUS COLORS: Three colors lying together on the color wheel form the analogous color scheme. They are basically 3 colors of the same family. Eg: Yellow, Yellow green, Green

6. COMPLIMENTARY COLORS: The colors lying opposite to each other on the color wheel. It comprises of one primary and one secondary color (lying opposite to the primary). Eg: Red + Green

7. ACHROMATIC COLORS: The color scheme comprising of shades and tints on grey. 

8. WARM COLORS: The color scheme comprising of active colors. They depict energy and have an electrifying effect on the viewer's eyes.

Next up - I will share a post on Color Wheel; though it might have been better had I shared it prior to this post :p