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What would you pay for this painting?

Join Nikki in her creative endeavor inspired by Rothko - mixing Moody Blue and White to create Sail Away Blue for her bedroom mural. Learn to calculate paint ratios for any color blend with this engaging activity.

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What would you pay for this painting?

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  1. What would you pay for this painting? Painting by Mark Rothko

  2. What would you pay for this painting? US$75million? Painting by Mark Rothko

  3. What would you pay for this painting? US$75million? That’s how much one person paid for it in 2012 Painting by Mark Rothko

  4. Painting by Mark Rothko

  5. WHY IS THIS ART? Painting by Mark Rothko

  6. Most people paint things: people, fruit, landscapes. Rothko paints feelings. Painting by Mark Rothko

  7. These paintings are huge in real life. When you stand in front of them, it feels like you are being absorbed into them. Painting by Mark Rothko

  8. “If someone asked me how to represent “spirit” in a painting, I would point them to Rothko” Painting by Mark Rothko

  9. Paint colours are sold in many different shades Match the names to the colours! Sapphire Blue Jeans Splish Splash Seagull Subzero Snap Sports Star Sea

  10. 15 year old Nikki Lim loves Rothko’s paintings, but can’t afford to buy one. Being an enterprising and artistic teenager, she decides to create one in a similar style by painting large blocks of colour directly onto her bedroom wall. Nikki finds a can of Moody Blue paint and a can of White paint in her garage. She decides to mix Moody Blue and White to make a light shade of blue called Sail away Blue, which she saw in a catalogue but cannot afford to buy.

  11. How much Moody Blue and White paint do you think go into Sail Away Blue? Discuss with your group and write down your group’s prediction as a ratio Moody Blue paint : White paint

  12. Sail away blue 5 White : 2 Moody Blue Nikki needs to make 4 litres of Sail away blue paint for her Rothko mural. Nikki needs your help! Create a method for figuring out how much Moody Blue paint and White paint Nikki needs to mix together to make 4 litres of Sail away blue. Write a letter to Nikki, describing your method. Explain how she can use your method to make any amount of Sail away blue in the future. Also, describe how Nikki can adapt your method to make any amount of any other colour with different proportions, in case she changes her mind.

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