Today's Class- More color today, with some basic exercises in color theory. After looking at a few dozen slides of color art through the ages, the students produced a 12 step color wheel, and then exercises in complimentary color mixing and tints and shades.
How to make this up-
One page of your 18"x24" pad will be enough for everything, as in this example above. The circle is an example of a color wheel, a way of organizing and displaying the relationships of colors. The 8 squares with red and green are showing the effects of mixing two complementary colors. The line of green boxes show tints and shades of a color from white to black. Additional examples and detailed instructions can be found here.
This is a portfolio exercise that can be made up for full credit any time before the end of the semester.
Homework- The written research paper on your chosen art history topic is due at the beginning of class next week.
For next class 3/3/17- The topic will be photography. After we look at the history of photography, I'll hand out an assignment that you'll have a few weeks to complete on your own. We will use some of the remaining class time to visit some other art on campus. You may leave your art materials home.
