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Grade 7 feature articles
In-depth articles and study notes tagged for this grade.
Poster Colours for Beginners: Colour Mixing, Flat Washes, and Light and Dark
Streaks and muddy patches in poster colour usually come from the mix. Learn the right thickness, flat washes, tints and shades, and how to show a round fruit.
6 min readWorking with Oil Pastels: Layering, Blending, and Creating Surface Textures
Oil pastels can do far more than fill shapes with flat colour. Learn how to layer, blend and scratch out textures by changing your pressure and the way you hold the stick.
7 min readUnderstanding the Colour Wheel: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Complementary Colours
Every colour decision you make in an art paper comes back to the colour wheel. Here is how it is built, what each group of colours does, and how to use it in your own work.
6 min readWatercolours for Beginners: Water Control, Washes, and Working Light to Dark
Watercolour is unforgiving in one specific way - you cannot paint light over dark. Everything else about the medium follows from that one rule.
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