November 2, 2015
Important!
- If you have a laptop computer with Photoshop (any version), please bring it to class if possible.
What’s Due?
- Your completed Broad-Range Painting.
NOTE: Do not glue! We will work mount your finished collages and paintings in class together.
Materials needed:
Color Painting Supplies
- mini color wheel
- primary colors gouache set – Utrecht Designer Gouache (Recommended)
OR
Any brand gouache primaries:- rose tyrien or primary magenta
- turquoise blue or primary cyan
- brilliant yellow or primary yellow
- flame red or primary red
- ultramarine blue or primary blue
Digital Collage Supplies
- Bring your portrait photo (DOWNLOAD) on a USB drive
Show and Tell
- Anyone have any interesting design-related ideas, objects, or events to share?
Demo: Digital Collages in Photoshop
Materials Needed:
- thumbdrive with your portrait photo. (DOWNLOAD)
- Photoshop
Goal: Using photoshop, recreate your second narrow-range paper collage composition.
PREP:
- Download your hi-res portrait photo. (DOWNLOAD)
- Open your photo-portrait file in Photoshop.
- Create a new file: 6″x6″, 300 pixels per inch, grayscale.
- Save your file with your first initial and last name and the project title:
For example: jsmith_value_added.psd - Save frequently!
- Set the Move tool (V) options to Auto Select > Layer.
PROCESS:
- Use your second collage as a guide.
- Use the Rectangle Marque tool (M):
- select portions of your original photo portrait and copy and paste them into the new document to recreate the paper collage.
- Use the Move tool (V) and click on the pasted objects in your collage to quickly select and rearrange your “collage” pieces. This also selects them in the Layers palette and allows you to manipulate them.
- Use the Transform Tool (Command + T) to rotate your “collage” pieces. Add in the Shift Key to restrain the rotation to 90 degrees. Do not resize or stretch!
- Hold down the Option Key while dragging with the Move Tool to create quick copies of a selected layer/object.
- DO NOT USE OTHER FILTERS, COLOR, OR ANY OTHER TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES, besides flip, rotate, or mirror.
- If you are familiar with Photoshop, feel free to use more advanced techniques, as long as they keep within the guidelines of the project description.
SUBMISSION:
- Print, cut out and mount one final print along with your original collage to a piece of 14×17″ piece of bristol using the same process followed with your Broad-Range compositions (see below).
- Save another version as JPG 72dpi, as demonstrated in class for upload to the class blog.
- Print out (5) b/w laser prints of your finished digital collage and bring to class for a group collage!
LABS:
If necessary, use one of the following labs to complete and print your digital composition:
- Learning Center Lab
Atrium Ground Floor (AG 18) - Student Labs
General Building 600 - ADGA open labs
(check with the office in N1113 for times) - Additional Labs and Hours
Demo 2 : Mounting your work
- We will discuss how to thoughtfully mount your collages with their reimagined counterparts on a piece of large bristol.
For example: Mount your painted broad-range composition alongside your original broad-range paper collage. And then mount your narrow-range digital collage alongside your original broad-range paper collage. - Pay close attention to accurate borders, placement on the page, and craft.
Work Time
- Digital Paintings in photoshop
Homework
Supplies Needed for Color Painting!
- mini color wheel
- primary colors gouache set – Utrecht Designer Gouache (Recommended)
OR
Any brand gouache primaries:- rose tyrien or primary magenta
- turquoise blue or primary cyan
- brilliant yellow or primary yellow
- flame red or primary red
- ultramarine blue or primary blue
- sable-type watercolor brushes
- FLAT: 1/2″ angle, #4
- ROUND: #1, #5
- two water containers
- palette (round 10-well)
- cotton rags (old white t-shirts or scraps)
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