Art & Design Resource Pack - Madame Tussauds

Colour in Sculpture?
If you have sculpted your model from clay, papier mâché or modroc,
your sculpture will now need painting.
You can use:
• poster paints •readimix
• coloured paper •fabrics
Activity One
a) Choose the method or methods that will give the best texture for
your sculpture.
b) Refer to your colour sketch to apply colour to your sculpture.
c) Can you guess which colours are made by mixing the colours shown?
d) Experiment with colour mixing and record your findings in a table.
If you are using paints, you may need to mix several colours together to
get the shade or colour you want. By adding a little paint at a time, you
create new shades.
Yellow
Yellow
Green
Red
Blue
Red
White
Blue
Black
Lighter shades may be created by adding your colour to white paint.
When we describe colour we say that reds are warm colours and
blues cold.
Activity Two
Now that your sculpture is complete, compare it to your
original sketches.
a) Is there a good likeness between your original sketches and the
completed sculpture?
b) If not, why not? Do you think you could have selected a more suitable
material to model with?
Worksheet Four The images shown depict wax figures created and owned by Madame Tussauds