Class Info

  • Date: Monday, November 4
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Lecture: Download Link
  • Topics: Project 2 Critique, Intro to Project 3, Principles of Color

To-Do Before Class

  1. Project 3 is DUE:
    • Review the complete Project 3 Guidelines to make sure you have completed all phases of this project.
    • Take a well-lighted photo your finished inked composition and then protect it with tracing paper for safe keeping.
    • Post ALL of your Project 3 work. Follow the How to Post Your Work guide and include the project-specific details found under Project #2 Deliver. Remember to add the category Student Work > Project 3 Posts.
  2. We will look at your completed work during the critique next class.

Project 2 Critique

Let’s take a look at the completed Project 3 posts together and use the project vocabulary to describe the work. Specifically let’s observe the uses of shapes, lines, and textures.

  • When presenting your work, start with following: your name, the title and theme of the project, what you feel you did successfully, what you can improve on next time.
  • Your peers and the professor will provide supportive, constructive feedback.
  • You will have an opportunity to revise your work based on the feedback and improve your work and your grade.

Discussion: Principles of Color

Color

  • The quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object
  • Used to attract attention, group different elements, reinforce meaning, and enhance visual compositions.
  • Can convey an attitude or an emotion, create emphasis, and variety. Color can contain subjective meanings without words or images.
Serena Archetti

Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color

Hue – Color in it’s purest form

Value – Refers to the lightness or darkness of a color; indicates the quantity of light reflected.

Saturation – the brightness or dullness of a color

Color is relative. Meaning when we look at an object or subject we are seeing color that’s reflected onto it.

Colors Basics: What is color relativity

CMYK & RBG

In regards to graphic design CMYK and RBG are ways we create color.

CMYK – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black (K=Key)

CMYK uses subtractive color mixing, meaning it layers the 3 colors on top of each other to create other colors and black. It’s used in printing and for larger files. Also goes with Pantone to produce vivid colors.

RBG – Red, Blue, and Green.

RGB uses additive color mixing to create white. Used for digital designs and small files. Produces many more colors than CMYK can.

RGB vs. CMYK: Understanding the Differences

To-Do After Class

  1. Take 10 new photos with your phone or camera. Crop the images into squares.

Materials needed for NEXT CLASS

  • pencils
  • sketchbook
  • bristol paper
  • acrylic paints
  • brushes
  • palette
  • rags
  • 2 water containers