jim dines heart complementary colors

•Jim Dine is an American painter who was born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is still alive and is 81 years old.

•Dine likes to choose a single theme or subject and work in a series.

In this series, Dine uses the

heart as a theme.The heart is a worldwide

symbol.Can you think of any other well known symbols?

Notice how he varies the

COLORS…

LINES…

TEXTURE…

and BALANCE in each work of art.

Sometimes he

only paints ONE

heart…

sometimes TWO…

and sometimes he paints DOZENS!

Sometimes 3D !

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

Review:Are one warm and one cool color.Are opposite in the color wheel.Are one Primary and one Secondary Color

Color inside the heart•Pick a color that you like for the inside of your heart. You may choose a two colors in the same color family.•EX: Blue and Turquoise. • Add white and black to make a tint and shade

Colored-in heart

•You do not have to color every bit.

•It is fine to make patches of color.•Remember: Layer your colors.

Color outside the heart

•Use your color wheel to find the •Complement of the color inside your heart.•Ex: Green and Red• Blue and Orange• Yellow and Purple

Completed Heart

Blend heart with baby oil and q-tip

•Dip q-tip in baby oil.•Just a little!!•Blend all the colors INSIDE THE HEART!!

The blended heart

•Throw away your dirty q-tip, and get a fresh one.

Blend the colors with baby oil

•Are you using that fresh q-tip?

•You only need a little oil.

All done!!! Put your art on the drying rack. Throw away all used q-tips.

Examples