We had to make a painting for Art Education of the colour wheel of Johannes Itten. this is mine. I've got a 6.0 for it and I am pretty happy with it but I think I could do better than this, because there is everywere paint were it doesn't have to be and you can't even see that there are flowers on it, but a 6.0 is sufficient so I am happy.
Biography Johannes Itten:
Johannes Itten on 11 November 1888 in Südern-Linden Switzerland. He was a son of a teacher and he also became teacher. He first only teached primary school and later also secondary school. In1913 he trained to become a painter. He moved in 1916 to Vienna. He teached in Weimar between 1919 and 1923. In 1926 he founded an art school in Berlin to train photographers, printmakers. painters and architects. In 1932 he was still teaching at the private school. In 1938 he became the director of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in the place Zurich and of the school with it. Til 1955 Johannes had no time to paint because he worked extremely hard. In 1966 he recived the "Netherlands Sikkens Art Prize." Johannes Itten died on 25 March 1967.
This is Johannes Itten.
Johannes Itten's colour theory:
Artists and designers use colour theory to know the effects of mixing colours. Isaac Newton is the developper of colour theory. Swiss artist Johannes Itten based his colour theory on the work of Newton and others. Artists and designers continue to refer to and use his work also today.
Colour mixing:
In the colour wheel you see the colours to mix. You have the primary colours in the middle. The primary colours are:red, blue and yellow. When you mix the primary colours you get secondary colours and that are: orange, green and purple.
You also have the complementary colours. Complementary colours are opposit of each other on the colour wheel. Such colours are for example: red-green
yellow-purple
blue-orange
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