COLOR

We got into color last night that I think produced some pretty engaging drawings. We started by just reviewing some basic terms and color theory, exploring the three characteristics of color: hue, value, and intensity, discussing the ways one can alter a colors value and intensity by adding neutrals and complements. We looked at the primaries, secondaries, and intermediate colors and how they're produced, and we talked about how cool colors recede and warm colors advance. We looked at the form above, a box covered with a lot of colorful pieces of drapery, and made note of the ways the colors shared with one another, lending and borrowing from their neighbors. Then we drew.

Andrew's drawing, sitting on top of his drawing horse, opened up some strong potentials as far as form and color, and the textural mark-making added a lot of vitality to the image.

Stephanie and Evan displayed very different approaches. Stephanie was very much about blending with soft pastels while Evan explored more aggressive layers of mark-making with oil pastels. I found all of the different approaches pretty exciting, and even though this was our first foray into color, the individual approaches that have been developing this semester manifested a wide variety of styles and processes.

Sadie's drawing was looking like a focused magnification of the form we were drawing, an interesting segment that created an intriguing composition.

Spending some time with color, with the pastels, will encourage those of you who want to explore the Alterantive Self-portrait through this art element, to push that experience and knowledge to some pretty remarkable drawings. Have fun!