Bring in your 18"x 24" COLORED mi tients (or any velvety/ toothy) paper and chalk pastels for your "STRIPES" project!
We are beginning to work with color in earnest! Using color well, like many things, requires a working knowledge and dedication in practice. REMEMBER ALL THINGS ARE RELATIVE, and we are building towards our final, conceptual project.
The history of color theory, for us, begins with Sir Issac Newton and his spectral breakdown of light (Think 6th grade science class! ROYGBV!!). It is not a clear and even path to what we know as contemporary color theory, but I am giving you a few links that focus on the contributions of Bauhaus artist and colorist, Josef Albers.
http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/bh.html
http://www.ppanda.us/2009/04/eugene-chevreul-father-of-color-theory.html
I am attaching the links from class:
1) Who is Josef Albers? His work, his concept, his color:
(just cute!)
2) His teaching philosophy & his legacy: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/16/interaction-of-color-josef-albers-50th-anniversary/
This is the explanation of Josef Albers and his "Phenomonology of Color":
"In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is — as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art."
"In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually. To this end, the beginning is not a study of color systems."
"First, it should be learned that one and the same color evokes innumerable readings. Instead of mechanically applying or merely implying laws and rules of color harmony, distinct color effects are produced-through recognition of the interaction of color-by making, for instance, two very different colors look alike, or nearly alike ."
4) On contemporary standardization of industrial color today. She talks a lot, but it's good information. :)
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