methods : part one
create a 10" color wheel
divide into 3 > 6 > 12 equal parts
use acrylic gouache color additively
Secure Primaries (add white to your dark ultramarine or cobalt blue)
Mix Secondaries > allow them to be close to equal in intensity and value (yellow will always be lightest)
On the exterior create tints of each color 1/2" thick - see second example below.
Your tints should each be of equal value to one and other.
Your tints should each be of equal value to one and other.
primaries & secondaries 6
Your color wheel needs to have 12 different mixed colors as above including:
R - Y - B Primaries + RV - V - BV - BG - G - YG - YO - O - RO Secondaries
methods : part two
1. Find a flat photographic image with an interesting contour edge OR Find a 3-4 letter word, or group of letters. See student examples below.
2. Create 2” square thumbnails and develop a series of 4 ‘abstractions’ from your visual info. Your sketches will only take into consideration the contour edge of your letters or image. Complete in your sketchbooks.
3. Your contour drawings must be cropped on 3 or 4 edges of each square. These sketches will separate figure (image) from ground (space). Both figure and ground should be very similar to each other in visual weight.
4. Decide on the contour edge that most interestingly makes use of figure and ground relationships > thus, activating both spatial areas. Color in the figure in one cell with black Sharpie, on the second, reverse it and color in the ground with black Sharpie. Both cells illustrate a Figure Ground Reversal.
This will become the template for your final work. Choose one.
This will become the template for your final work. Choose one.
5. Create a cardboard stencil or template of this image.
It should fit perfectly into a 2” square. Remember to crop on 3-4 edges, thus creating additional shapes and patterns outside of the figure.
It should fit perfectly into a 2” square. Remember to crop on 3-4 edges, thus creating additional shapes and patterns outside of the figure.
6. Substrate = Bristol or Hot Press Illustration board, minimum 14" x 17”
7. Image size needs to be 12" x 12" over all.
8. Grid off into 2” squares (you will have 36 squares total).
9. Use your template as a pattern, insert into each individual square and trace > rotate on all directional edges to create patterns within patterns.
10. PAINT: Choose your complimentary pair:
The pair must be equal in saturation of hue, intensity and value, allowing for illusionary optical VIBRATIONS to occur. Thus, Yellow / Violet pairing rarely vibrates.
> Blue / Orange
> Yellow / Violet
> Green / Red
The pair must be equal in saturation of hue, intensity and value, allowing for illusionary optical VIBRATIONS to occur. Thus, Yellow / Violet pairing rarely vibrates.
11. When painting design areas, reverse your color methods, allowing for figure in one square = A (blue) and ground = B (orange) then in other squares figure = B and ground = A.
12. Create a variety 5 different intense color saturations by mixing complimentary pairs that move from light to dark value.
Place your vibrating color towards the center of the work. Thus moving the value from lightest/brightest outwards to the darkest.
In addition to vibrating colors, your work will tend to have the appearance of light being shone on or emitting from the high key squares. Place your vibrating color towards the center of the work. Thus moving the value from lightest/brightest outwards to the darkest.
As well, some of your squares will appear as if there is a transparent colored film (or light) over some squares.
13. You need to have at minimum 4 - 5 different range of values throughout.
14. Try to paint as smoothly as possible and never water down your paints.
Make use of your Blue Painter's tape to create smooth edges. The lower student example image size is 16" x 16"
GOALS
> Create an interesting figure/ground reversal template that has both curvilinear and straight lines.
> Create intense vibrating colors
> Strive for the illusion of transparency and optical light being emitted from the work
> Create 4 different values from your complimentary pair
> Strive for the illusion of transparency and optical light being emitted from the work
> Create 4 different values from your complimentary pair
> Create diversity in rhythm
> Create your work so that is perfectly crafted!
Due: MON FEB 15
Due: MON FEB 15
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student work - Complimentary Color Vibrations          
student work in progress
 
student work
student work is 10" x 8"
student work
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