Artist Marc Chagall was a master at creating mood and expression in his work through the use of color. To do this activity, you’ll need to be familiar with the work of Chagall. Study his use of color to express his inner world and to create mood in a piece. Once you’ve gained familiarity with his work, select a theme you’d like to explore, such as baseball. Create a list of the elements that make up this theme—in this case, a bat, baseball, baseball hats, the baseball diamond and baseball players. Incorporate these elements into a painting attempting to recreate Chagall’s style and use of color. You may find it helpful to think of quotes related to your subject like “If you build it, they will come.” You can use a number of different types of art media to finish this project including crayons, colored pencils or paints.
Illuminated manuscripts have been around for centuries with one of the most famous examples being the “Book of Kells." These books with brilliantly colored pages were filled with letters written in meticulous script, with ornately colored letters and pictures in the pages margins. To do this project, you should be familiar with Illuminated Manuscripts. Once you are, select a poem or a passage from a book that you’d like to turn into an illuminated manuscript. Start this project with some rough sketches of your ideas; you’ll want to base them on the visual imagery you get from your written source. After you’ve created the rough sketches of your book pages, draw your final drawing. To complete this project consider using art media like acrylic paint, gold leaf, canvas paper or very thick art paper.
Monet’s water lily paintings are some of the most famous examples of Impressionist art. Monet was a master at capturing color and light in his work. After becoming acquainted with Monet’s work, practice the stippling technique that Monet used in his water lily series. Stippling is an appropriate exercise in color and art, because to do this successfully, you will mix colors with your brush without completely blending them. The effect should be a fuzzy or textured effect. Once you’ve practiced this technique, select one of Monet’s paintings and copy it, attempting to replicate the stippling technique you’ve just learned.