Tuesday, September 16, 2014

POETIC/UNEXPECTED COLOR

Painting I- OLIVER
Assignment 3
(Due: Monday, 9/23)



POETIC/UNEXPECTED COLOR



OBJECTIVES:

  • Explore the possibilities of unusual/unexpected color in communicating psychological, emotional, or provocative interpretations of imagery
  • Consider the connection between the artist’s conceptual meaning VS the viewer’s interpretation of the work
  • Learn the use of a grid as a way to transfer/enlarge imagery
  • Interpret value in relationship to color

MATERIALS:

  • THREE or more choices of images (black and white ONLY!!). These can be images you took, or appropriated from another source. Your choice of imagery can be simple, but I want you to consider WHAT COLOR one would expect in this image, and how you can manipulate these colors to alter the psychology or narrative.
  • You will be using a BLACK & WHITE images that you will then ADD COLOR! Keep the images relatively simple.
  • You will be making your final painting on a full-sized sheet of watercolor paper
  • Color choice OPEN, but you MUST use color in unexpected ways!
  • Bring in a ruler, pencil, and straightedge (if your ruler is short). I suggest a quilters ruler/square.
  • Glue or glue stick

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:

  • Is this a personal feeling/ state-of-being or does it read as more objective (about someone else, friend, family, stranger, society etc.)?
  • Are you using CLICHÉ imagery or color?
  • Do you genuinely care about or feel interested in your ideas?
  • Is this an image that will clearly be read as “unusual/unexpected” color?
  • What are the “expected colors” for this image? Are there several ways that changing the color will affect the concept of the image?
  • Do you care whether or not the viewer understands your concept? (You do not have to say yes!)
  • Do you have a clear idea of what the change of color means to you?


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