VALUE TO COLOR PROJECT

MATERIALS:

Acrylic paints (all colors), brushes, palette, palette knife, pencil, photo, transfer paper, matte medium, illustration board

REVIEW:

“COLOR {element of design}”, “VALUE {element of design}”, and “FORM {element of design}” on 2ddesignnscc.blogspot.com

OBJECTIVE:

A series of 5 paintings based on one image:

1.     Value painting – use only white, grays, and black

2.     Analogous Color painting – use 3 or 4 colors next to each other on the color wheel and white (no black!)

3.     Complementary Color painting – use only a complementary color pair (colors across the color wheel from each other), including mixing them together, and white (no black!)

4.     Color As Value painting – choose colors based on their inherent value (i.e. yellow = lightest value, violet = darkest value, etc), NO white or black!

5.     Tonal painting – using your Color as Value painting choices, mix each color down with gray to result in a muted tonal painting

Rules

- find a photographic portrait of a famous person (using Google image search à Large size photos)

- posterize image in Photoshop, resulting in an image with 6 values (to be done in class)

- transfer your Photoshopped image onto your illustration board as a line drawing in 5 separate squares

- use the color scheme restrictions above to complete the painting of your 5 compositions

Things to Consider

- label each area of your line drawings with a number that represents your value scale (1 being lightest, 6 being darkest); this will help you keep your design organized when you go to apply paint.

PREPARATION:

Email image to yourself (or bring on a disk/thumb drive)

Photoshop image and print out at 6” x 6”

Test color mixtures and schemes in your sketchbook before applying to your final piece

PRESENTATION:

Five 6” x 6” compositions lined up next to each other (6” x 30” rectangle) on 8” x 32” illustration board

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT:

What did you learn about color during this project?  How does color relate to value?  How do they both describe form and depth?  Which of the pieces is the most eye-catching to you?  Which is the most subtle or quiet image?  Which feels the most harmonious and which feels the most discordant?  How does color affect these things?

DATES (subject to change):

Studio time:

Mon 5/19: Introduce Project

*Homework: bring in image to Photoshop, work on Color Wheel

Wed 5/21: Photoshop image, finish Color Wheel

*Homework: bring in Color Wheel and all drawings transferred to illustration board

Mon 5/26: HOLIDAY

Wed 5/28: Value painting, Analogous painting

*Homework: Analogous painting, Complementary painting

Mon 6/2: Value as Color painting, Tonal painting

*Homework: finish Project

Critique: Wed 6/4

COLOR WHEEL

Please have your Color Wheels started for class on Wednesday - the 12 main colors should be mixed.  Consider an even progression of values as you go from Yellow to Violet in both directions.

Finished color wheel (fyi, the yellow appears too orange in this image)

Color wheel template

12 Color Wheel Mixtures (if using Fuschia)

12 Color Wheel Mixtures (if using Magenta)

STUDENT SHOW OPENING TOMORROW (TUESDAY)

Please come to the Student Art Show opening tomorrow (Tuesda), from 1-3 and 5-7!  

If you are in class, encourage your instructor to take a break and visit the show during class.  Support arts on campus!

Supplies for Wed 5/21

Please bring:

-Image of famous person (portrait only) - email to yourself or bring on thumb drive.  We will photoshop these together for your Value to Color Project.

-Color Wheel supplies:
all paints
brushes
palette knife
palette pad
bristol pad
template & mixing chart

Supplies for Mon 5/19

Silhouette Projects are due this Monday!

Please also bring:

Bristol Pad

Palette pad

All color and b&w paints

Brushes

Palette knife

For Mon 5/12

Please bring in (at least) 2 draft compositions for your Silhouette Revolution Projects - these can be outlines only, or fully shaded.  Push yourselves to experiment with different designs using the same theme.  Think about composition, scale, movement, etc.

We will have in-process small group critiques during class.

SILHOUETTE REVOLUTION PROJECT

MATERIALS:

Choose from the following (or combination):

1.  Paints: Acrylic paints (black & white), brushes, palette, palette knife, pencil, Scotch Magic Tape, xacto knife, matte medium

2.  Paper: black & various gray-toned papers (painted Bristol paper), xacto knife

3.  Photoshop

REVIEW:

“MOVEMENT {principle of design}”, “EMPHASIS {principle of design}”, and “SPACE {element of design}” on 2ddesignnscc.blogspot.com

OBJECTIVE:

1 composition using silhouettes to create an active image of a revolution; there should be a sense of movement in the final piece

silhouette: the outline of a form filled in with a solid color (no interior information)

Rules

- choose a contemporary or historical revolutionary event (this could be social, political, scientific, personal, etc.)

- use silhouettes of figures/objects to create your design

- use multiple values to create your composition

- achieve a sense of movement and depth

To Consider

- suggest movement in one of two ways: 1) through the active gestures of your figures’ silhouettes (see ex. #1);  OR 2) through the repetition and rotation of silhouettes (see ex. #2); OR both

- suggest depth through the use of value (high contrast comes forward, low contrast recedes), and altering the size of your silhouettes (large shapes come forward, small shapes recede) (see ex. #3)

-  silhouettes should be the main focus of your design, but you may also choose to incorporate black & white collaged images as your background (see ex. #4) or include text in your composition as well – be creative!

PREPARATION:

Google image search for images related to your chosen REVOLUTION; images with full-length figures/subjects are best.

Print or photocopy your images at various sizes to experiment with scale and layering.

Do several drafts in your sketchbook, transferring the images via transfer paper, and playing with scale, repetition and placement of images.

Do value studies of these drafts using pencils.

Use your Scotch Magic tape and xacto knife to paint the detailed edges of your silhouettes.

PRESENTATION:

One 11” x 14” composition on 14” x 17” illustration board (1.5” border around composition)

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT:

Discuss the work of Kara Walker and how it informed your silhouette project.  How does the silhouette differ from a three-dimensional rendering when communicating an image or story?  Does your final piece evoke a revolution?  How did you accomplish a sense of movement and action?  Is there a sense of depth?  Is there an emotion or feeling you get from the finished design and why?  What could you change to achieve any of these effects more successfully?

DATES (subject to change):

STUDIO: Mon 5/5, Wed 5/7 (bring in all images), Mon 5/12 (2 draft designs due for critique), Wed 5/14

DUE: Mon 5/19

Monday 5/5

Hi folks,

Please bring in your completed BALANCE PROJECTS.  Your Value Scale should be placed on the illustration board underneath your painting as shown in class.  Please remember to include the written response on the back.  We'll critique these at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Please also bring in your sketchbooks and pencils.  We will be starting on a new project.