Eight people who took the 11-week Color Relationships course last fall have chosen to deepen their learning by participating in a six-part series of monthly “Color Residual” sessions. The first meeting was held on Saturday, January 25. Some topics that came up, and useful resources, are provided below. Dick was featured in an alumni profile…
Homework Create your own assignment and criteria for a colored light illusion, as described below. Answer the questions on page 2 of the PDF “Critique: Course assessment, Week 8” and come prepared to share some of your answers. (Also available as a Word doc.) Email them to Karen if you’d like to share any private…
Homework assignment 1. Color deception: Bring in your study for critique next week Reviewing the value deception exercise criteria, solutions, and critique (slides 10-14 in the Class Materials section) will probably be helpful. If you plan to use Adobe Illustrator for your homework, watch this video for instructions on building an array in Illustrator and…
Viewpoints Gallery presents: Color, Light, Space – Video Lecture Sessions In September 2011, Dick Nelson and Viewpoints Gallery launched an ambitious one-year project designed to promote visual literacy by creating an educational program and exhibition titled “Color. Light. Space.” Eleven Maui artists were selected to participate in a series of documented seminars over the past…
We had a long critique session, looking closely at each practice piece and making observations. At the end of class, Dick told us, “These are terrible! You’ll look back in future weeks and realize it. These show the origins too much [cyan, magenta, yellow].” And he assigned us to do it again, with new eyes,…
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.
A descriptive analysis of the work of Josef Albers by a former student, Dick Nelson. This is followed with Dick’s animated collection of his own color studies which incorporate Albers’ format and his principles of color interaction.