The first session of the Color Relationships class for Spring 2016 was held on Wednesday, April 6. A new group of eleven students was introduced to new ways of thinking about color, including arrays, halation, and the primary colors of pigment (hint: it’s not the traditional red, yellow, blue!). See the full post for handouts, videos, and class materials.
Welcome Summer 2015 color explorers, to our very first session and the start of a new understanding of color interaction! The following post provides a summary of what took place in the classroom (it all seems to go by so fast!), and reinforces the key ideas we discussed in class, along with images of the presentations, videos, and links to reference material. Enjoy!
The first session of the Color Relationships class for Fall 2014 was held on Friday, October 10. Through hands-on exercises, discussion, video, presentation, and worksheets, eleven students experienced the relativity of color and received their first assignment: make one color appear as two. Read the full post for details and class materials.
The first homework assignment is to create in color the same deception that you created in value in class: Make one color appear as two. Notice the criteria highlighted in yellow; these are the criteria that will be used to critique each piece at the beginning of class next week. The critiques below of hypothetical…
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…