Description
There are colors everywhere- nature, architecture, artwork, design, etc. The goal of this exercise is to train your eye to pick out and recreate colors from the visual world around you.
Starting with a found image, you will generate a color inventory based on the 8-10 most used colors in the composition. These will be arranged in order from least-used, to most-used (and proportional).
After making the inventory, you will create an abstract composition using the same colors, and in the same proportion, as the source image. In addition to learning how to see, and duplicate color, this exercise will help you find color combinations that you might not otherwise consider, and aid in your ability to represent the countless tones of a visual source.
Due
Critique at start of class- April 23rd Lambert, April 28th Samimy.
Process
Choose one image from the auction catalogues in class. Be sure to pick an image with somewhere between 8-10 various hues/colors.
Try to find an image with color combinations that you usually don't use. You will use this to create your proportional color inventory. A proportional inventory will show the approximate measurement of colors present from dominant (greatest amount) to least dominant (smallest amount).
PROPORTIONAL INVENTORY
Make a proportional inventory with countable number of tones (primed textiles, woodcuts, or silkscreen prints are good sources.)
Create a color palette (about 6 X 3 inches) that matches colors and estimates proportions. Design a composition of your own using the colors and proportions of the inventory.
Materials
- Bristol 9"x12" for your abstract painting
- White Poster Board for mounting
- Magazine reproduction of art historical reference
- Bristol 3"x9" for your proportional color inventory
Schedule
Day 1- Class time
- Find appropriate reproduction of art historical work from magazine.
- Create proportional Color Inventory.
- Begin thumbnails for abstract composition
Homework-
- Complete a single page of thumbnails for your abstract composition. Be sure these have the same aspect ratio as the final (9"x12") compositon. The aspect ratio is 3x4.
- Using your best three thumbnails, create three comprehensive compositions showing value and placement of color. Be sure these maintain the 3x4 aspect ratio.
- Pick the best of these three compositions, and draw it out on your 9"x12" bristol board. This must be completed before coming to class.
Day 2- Class time
- Paint your final composition.
- If you finish early, you may start mounting your work on the poster board.
Homework-
- Mount all elements (magazine image, color inventory, and your painting) on the white poster board.
Demonstration
Students' samples
*This project is taken from David Hornung's Color: A workshop for artists and designers
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