POETIC COLOR

Drawing II-­‐ OLIVER Assignment 7
(Due: Monday, 4/14)

POETIC/MYSTERIOUS COLOR

OBJECTIVES:

• Explore the possibilities of unusual/unexpected color in communicating psychological, emotional, or provocative interpretations of imagery
  
• Consider the connection between the artist’s conceptual meaning versus the
  viewer’s interpretation of the work 

MATERIALS:

• THREE or more images (black and white ONLY!!). These can be
  images you took, drew, or appropriated from another source. Keep the images relatively simple. 
• You will ULTIMATELY be creating a collage or composite of multiple black & white images that you will then ADD COLOR to. We are beginning in black and white so you forcibly look at each element in terms of value, texture, and line, and you are NOT influenced by "colors that SHOULD be there".  Once your composition is mapped out, step back and think about what colors you want to use and WHY. You need to have an idea of how you will use color to manipulate the psychology of the overall piece. 
• You will be making your final drawing on any color sheet of  Art Spectrum Colourfix Coated Pastel Paper (19.5 x 27.5)
  
• Color choice OPEN, but you MUST include oil pastel!
  
  

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:

• Does this depict a personal feeling/ state-of-being or does it read as more objective
  (about someone else, friend, family, stranger, society etc.)?
  
• Are you using CLICHÉ imagery or color? Is this purposeful and how does this influence read?
  
• Do you genuinely care about or feel interested in your ideas?
  
• Is this an image that will clearly be read as “unusual/unexpected” color?
  
• What are the “expected colors” for this image? Are there several ways that
  changing the color will affect the concept of the image?
  
• Do you care whether or not the viewer understands your concept? (You
  do not have to say yes!)
  
• Do you have a clear idea of what the change of color means to you?