November 16, 2015

DUE:

• Chromatic Gray Studies #1 & #2

Materials Needed

• all gouache paints from Supply List
• brushes, water containers, palette
• ruler, t-square, exacto knife
• pencils
• 9×12″ bristol and scrap bristol

Share

• NPR : How Animals Hacked The Rainbow And Got Stumped On Blue
• Show and Tell: Everything Wrong With Humanity In One Short Animation
  
• Radio Lab: COLOR (listen to this later)

Critique

• Present your Chromatic Gray Studies #1 & #2
• And you Color Wheel Freestudy

Review

• Color Concepts and Vocabulary from last class
• How to mount your collages, if you haven’t already.

Lecture

Questions + Outcomes:

• What is muted color?
• Where does muted color sit on the scale of saturation?
• How does a muted color palette affect the mood of a composition?
• How is a focal point / area of emphasis created with muted color?
• How do value and saturation affect contrast?

Muted Color:

Examples of Muted Color:

• Graphic Design Trends: Pastels and Muted Palettes
  • Muted Colors in Flat Design | History of Flat Design
  • Window of New York
• Web Design: Muted Color Palettes
  • here
  • and here.
• Film:
  • Grand Budapest Hotel Palette | Trailer
    • Interview with Annie Atkins: the film’s graphic designer
  • Moonrise Kingdom Palette | Trailer
  • The Many Muted-Yellows of Wes Anderson’s Film Color Palette

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  Wes Anderson Films Color Palette
  http://excusemyinspiration.com

Lab

Muted Color Studies:

(NOTE: ONCE THE CONCEPTS ARE UNDERSTOOD, IT SHOULD NOT TAKE MORE THAN A FEW HOURS TO COMPLETE THESE EXERCISES.)

Prep:

• Prepare 2 pieces of 6×6″ square bristol using your pencil, ruler and exacto knife. This will be used for presentation only.
• You are making collages and will paint on scraps of bristol first, arrange, and then assemble/glue down on your 6×6″ square.
• Choose the same types of shape you used for your last set of studies.
• Muted colors, which range from just outside the Prismatic zone to the most saturated Chromatic Grays, are created by adding complementary color and/or white to a prismatic color.
• You may have some tests from the last study that were too saturated to fit into the Chromatic Gray category-  feel free to use them for this study.

Muted Color Studies – Exercise #1 BROAD VALUE / BROAD HUE:

GOAL: Make a 6×6″ gouache collage using at least six shapes with a BROAD VALUE range of muted colors.

All shapes should be painted with MUTED colors from a BROAD value range (from light and dark) and a BROAD range of hues (R, O, Y, G, B, V). The white paper is not considered a color – the entire surface of your 6×6″ paper should be covered with painted shapes.

• Starting with R, O, Y, G, B,  or V,  add varying amounts of complementary color and/or white to achieve a range of muted colors.
  

  Change saturation with complements
  http://www.paintdrawpaint.com/

  

  Add white to change the saturation and value.
  http://www.dsource.in/

• Arrange your shapes until you achieve a unified composition and then carefully glue down your pieces.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Yellow, Yellow-Orange, and Yellow-Green can not be darkened enough to reach the low-key value without losing saturation and becoming Chromatic Grays.
• Violet, Red-Violet and Blue-Violet can not be lightened enough to reach the high-key value range without becoming Chromatic Grays.

Muted Color Studies – Exercise #2 NARROW VALUE / BROAD HUE:

GOAL: Make a 6×6″ gouache collage using at least six shapes with a NARROW VALUE range of muted colors.

• All shapes should be painted with MUTED colors with a NARROW value range (high, middle, or low key) and a BROAD range of hues (R, O, Y, G, B, V). The white paper is not considered a color – the entire surface of your 6×6″ paper should be covered with painted shapes.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Muted Yellow, Yellow-Orange and Yellow-Green can be used to create high-key muted colors.
• Muted Violet and Blue can be used to create low-key muted colors.
• Muted Red and Green can be used to create middle-key muted colors.

HINTS:

• To prevent streaking, thoroughly mix paint before use, only adding enough water to get the consistency of cream.
• Wash and dry your brush on a paper towel after each use.
• Have a container of clean water and a container for wash water.
• At the end of  your painting session, paint out any extra paint onto scrap bristol for future use.
• Use the technique demonstrated in class for gluing down your painted bristol shapes.

HOMEWORK

Due:

• Finish Muted Color Studies #1 & #2 and mount NEATLY on a 14×17″ piece of bristol.
• Posts & Comments to Class Blog:
  • Saturation Studies: Phase 1
  • and any past posts that you missed while the site storage was full..

Materials:

• same as today!

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