COLOR THAT SINGSPATTERN THAT MOVES

Asheville Art MuseumFall 2017

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

Sept 26 “Light” – dramatic light and shadow with warm/cool color combinations

Oct 3 “Layers” – painting in contrasting layers to enhance depth and energy

Oct 10 “Energy" – pattern and repetition

Oct 17 “Idea” - course project (2+ paintings due end of last class)

Oct 24 “Context” – contemporary and art historical frames of reference

Nov 7 “Critique“– and potluck

What’s the ‘real color’

of the house?

Color is Light

Monet paints ‘white’ marble at different times of day

Paul WonnerJosef Albers

What makes color ‘sing?’

1. Dramatic light

the contrast of light and dark

To see the contrast,imagine what eachcolor would look like in black and white.

Degas

Elmer Bischoff

2. ‘warm’ and ‘cool’ varieties of the same color

Sarah Sense

Monet (detail)

Georgia O’Keefe

Draw thumbnail sketch on paper first

Block-in light & shadow

No detail

Then start painting on canvas or a fresh piece of paper

The painting doesn’t have to follow the sketch

What’s the procedure?

Paint from thin to thick, allow each layer to dry, block in the whole composition

4 colors mixed to make a variety of colorful grays:Black, white, (any) brown + (any) blueMixed together

1. Underpainting:Use black, white, brown and blue to do a “limited palette” panting.

2. Then use full-color on top of the first layer.

The photo is only a reference – here the photo is combined with color from Masaccio’s “Adam and Eve.”

Angela Pryor (inspired by Michelangelo)

Abstractions inspired by Georgia O’keefe’s painting of a house.

Picasso

Experiment

Every picture doesn’t have to work.

The public only sees the ones that do.

Practice, practice, practice

Not to make a perfect picture

But to live your life the way

you want to.