Today's Class- Tonight the class started a new graded project involving specific limited palettes. Rather than just imitate the local colors of the subject, sometimes an artist will choose a different but logical color scheme for the depiction. I showed slides of historical art, and pointed out examples of monochromatic, complementary, split complementary, analogous, and triad palettes. Students then started with a composition and value structure from a black and white photo and used it as the basis for four painted studies with different color combinations.
How to make this up- Start with a black and white photo of something real (person, object, scene, etc) with a mix of values from light to dark. Use pencil to divide a piece of your 18" x 24" paper into four equal boxes of about 9" x 12". Sketch the basic composition (can be vertical or horizontal) four times in pencil, once in each box. Use your acrylic paints to create color versions of the image in the photo, in four of the six possible color schemes available for this project. Above are two examples from a previous semester. Additional student examples and the full directions and color palette options can be seen here.
Homework- This limited palette graded project is due at the beginning of class on December 6, 2012.
Those who still owe me their completed woodblock should bring them in as soon as possible to be printed.
***Thanksgiving Break November 21 to 23***
******No class meeting on 11/22/12*******
For next class 11/29/12- We will start a new graded project involving mixed media collage. Bring your 18" x 24" pad, pencil and eraser, markers, paints and painting materials, scissors and glue. If you have any old magazines that you'd like to make available to be cut up as part of the collage, bring them along.
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