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