FA 320 – Beginning Painting

Color Studies: Project #2

Our primary project will involve creating a painting from an in-class still life. The focus of this set of assignments is to help us learn the uses of color. We will explore the mixing and assigning of colors to create observational paintings from the in-class still life.

In the smaller secondary projects, to be worked on outside of class, we will look at the following ideas involving the use of color:

            -Designing a personal color wheel to experience color mixing

            -Developing a logical progression of mixing for:

                                    complementary colors

                                    analogous colors

                                    monochromatic tinting

                                    monochromatic shading

                                    creating transparent colors and glazing

  -Investigating the use of monochromatic tinting and shading to create

under-paintings and painted sketches

            -Using mixtures of colors to create shading and light

            -Using the addition of Black and White paint to colors to create shades

and tints. (Creating Shadows and Highlights)

Handouts you will receive:

            -Color wheel handout, with vocabulary

            -Tinting, Shading, and Complementary Color Progression assignment

            -Stretcher Frame building example

Requirements: (all to be handed in for grading)

Primary project:

  -Color painting of still life, including multiple colorful objects

  -Painting must be on stretched canvas

            -Minimum of 3 pencil sketches exploring composition in your sketchbook

            -Minimum of 6 monochromatic paint sketches, minimum size of 8 x 9 inches, on paper

Secondary projects:

            -Personalized color wheel

              -Color progression chart with Shading, Tinting, and Complementary color mixing