Today's Class- Today we began our study of color, which will be part of almost everything we do for the rest of the semester. I showed a few dozen slides tracing the development of color from cave paintings to the renaissance to comic books, looking at the evolution of color materials and color theories in art. After that, the class did a series of portfolio exercises related to basic color theory and mixing.
How to make this up- On a single sheet of your 18" x 24" pad, you will use your acrylic paints to complete three exercises involving color mixing. First will be a color wheel mixed from the three primaries and white. Second will be a mix of two complementary colors to create intermediates and neutralized tints. Third, a single hue will be taken through steps toward white and black. Above in an example from a previous semester. Additional student examples, and the detailed directions for each exercise, can be found here.
This is a portfolio exercise and must be made up by the end of the semester to receive full credit. If any of it seems too complicated, ask me about it in class next week, but don't wait to long to get to it, as the projects tend to be more time consuming as the semester goes forward.
Homework- Nothing new, but the woodblock black and white illustration projects are due at the beginning of class on March 20, 2014. I will bring the ink and tools needed to help you print them in class.
For next class 3/20/14- As a class everyone will be working on some portfolio exercises related to the idea of text as a visual element. While that is going on I will help students one at a time to print their completed wood blocks. Bring those blocks, your 18" x 24" pad, pencil and eraser, and various black markers from earlier in the semester.
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