Here’s a recap on the homework for this week. Please read the assignment carefully, all the way through. Notice the criteria in step 11. Finish the painting you started in class, with yellow, magenta, and cyan layers as instructed. If you blocked off margins with tape, leave it in place. Use a pair of “L”…
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Following the ARRAY concept of color relationships, I have expanded Josef Albers’ two-parent relationship to a broader spectrum of color possibilities. The results are startling and a new tool for those who seek color harmony.
Here are two ways color luminosity can be achieved. This should dispel the notion that the French Impressionists achieved color luminosity by way of full chroma color application. See the truth with your own eyes.
We perceive the hue and value of colors according to their surroundings. This video demonstrates just how relative color is and provides an explanation.
Color relationships are seen here as ARRAYS of related hues and values. The visual phenomenon of HALATION is ever present in each and every array. This illusion of color and value gradation, explained in my earlier videos, served as a basis for much of Josef Albers work with the INTERACTION OF COLOR.
Mix any color in pigment or light by first recognizing that all colors originate from three primaries plus black or white. The true primaries, understood and used in the printing industry for decades, were unknown to most artists and art schools. This brief video hopes to dispel the misconceptions of mixing color in both pigments…