This study will put the
color-skills you have acquired to real-life practice. Now that you have a
deeper understanding of the concept of hue, value, and saturation both in
theory and in practice, you can analyze and create any color! STAY AWAY FROM WHITE, BLACK, GRAYSCALE. Must be on the hue spectrum/scale.
You will create (10) Color
Swatches and analyze them in your sketchbook (5 per page).
The colors you create will consist
of:
(4) Experimental
-Be curious!
-Explore a particular mixture of colors
-Be curious!
-Explore a particular mixture of colors
-Think
of a unique color and then attempt to recreate it
-Begin thinking observationally. What color is that unusual reflection on the wall? How does it interact with the wall’s color, and the lighting in the room? Capture it.
-Begin thinking observationally. What color is that unusual reflection on the wall? How does it interact with the wall’s color, and the lighting in the room? Capture it.
(5) Observational in Nature
-Be investigative!
-Search for interesting colors in the outdoors. Don’t generalize a color, rather, look for a particular color within the sky, water, plants, etc. Within a single plant, you can focus on off-white reflections, or deep, earthy shadows.
-Be investigative!
-Search for interesting colors in the outdoors. Don’t generalize a color, rather, look for a particular color within the sky, water, plants, etc. Within a single plant, you can focus on off-white reflections, or deep, earthy shadows.
-Label
the colors (“Puddle Reflection”, “5:00 PM Sky”, etc.)
(1)
Object
-This is where your color-matching abilities will really be challenged!
-Choose a small object to bring to class. This color MUST be along the scales,
(NO white, black, fully-saturated, or achromatic (gray scale)!
-Work in good, neutral lighting and (especially now) remember to account for acrylic paint
drying darker, and cooler (Make color slightly lighter and warmer).
-It doesn’t have to be perfect, but try your best. It may take a few tries.
-Don’t forget your object! Put it in your backpack right away.
-This is where your color-matching abilities will really be challenged!
-Choose a small object to bring to class. This color MUST be along the scales,
(NO white, black, fully-saturated, or achromatic (gray scale)!
-Work in good, neutral lighting and (especially now) remember to account for acrylic paint
drying darker, and cooler (Make color slightly lighter and warmer).
-It doesn’t have to be perfect, but try your best. It may take a few tries.
-Don’t forget your object! Put it in your backpack right away.
After your color swatch dries, it
is time to analyze and document the three properties that make up the color.
Using the Hue, Saturation, and Value scales you received in class as a
template, simply create three lines marked “H”, “S”, and “V” for each color swatch and plot the corresponding level
on each scale.
Challenge yourself! Choose colors
that you find interesting and worthy of being captured. With the exception of
an intense, fuchsia flower you might find, your
colors should lie somewhere along the scales/spectrums rather than the
extremes.
Have fun with this! Explore the
infinite number of colors that you are now able to break down and understand.
Perceive colors differently? Don’t stress! This is an opportunity to explore and accept
your own perception. What looks absolutely right to you is entirely valid and
insightful.
Below is the scale to refer to when identifying where the swatch lies on the scales
