Monday, November 28, 2011

Color and Design Final

The "Final" for this class will be December 14 between 6:15 and 8:15.

Monday, October 31, 2011

SAN JOSE ART MUSEUM FIELD TRIP


http://www.sjmusart.org/










For this field trip to the San Jose Museum we will meet there at 3:30 - 4:00 and view the exhibition. The directions for the museum are posted at the above website.

Then we will go to my studio afterward the museum visit. That address is: 855 N. Fifth St, San Jose, CA 95112 My studio number is #122.


The cost to the museum is $5.00 with a student body card.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Value Scale Project













You are to create two different value scales. One using only black and white and the other a value scale using color. This is due on Monday.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

New Color Assignment








The above windows are from the Chicago Art Institute and were designed by Mark Chagall.

Create a small painting in the style of either Chagall or Rouault where color is surrounded with black outlines.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Color and Symbolism - Influential Factors











http://www.colormatters.com/sym2.html


COLOR SYMBOLISM:

Pick five different shapes and apply the same color to each to see the influence a shape has on a color.


The quantity and placement of the color:

Place a small square of any color inside of a larger square, and then using a second large box place within side of that box another box of the same color as the small box that you used in your first box. Refer to color matters website under quantity and placement.

The Color combination:

Pick three sets of two colors that you think of different associations . For example green and red for Christmas.


NOTE: only put your shapes of the same color on a black background.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Lemon Assignment


The next assignment is to look very closely at a lemon and paint the colors that you see. Remember the lemon has many shades and values of yellow.