COLOR

Course Description

"Each day has its own individuality of color." –Charles Hawthorne, "On Painting"

In this course, the sensual experience of color will drive a progressive series of exercises designed to awaken student awareness to color sensations in the immediate world around them by studying color relationships in everyday life. This course will celebrate the direct, first-hand experience of seeing and responding to color. The first 6-8 weeks of will involve the study of various colored blocks outdoors and indoors, along with everyday situations and personal interpretations of color using oil paint as the medium of study. A broad spectrum of over 20 oil paint colors and the common palette knife using direct observation and intuition will guide the learning process so as to avoid any focus on drawing, techniques of paint application, filters of technology, and the preciousness of creating an art object. Color scales, color relations, color mixing, as well as comparative discussions of color from various cultures both historically and globally will also inform the studies in this course. Students will become familiar with a color foundation that applies the knowledge gained in this course toward a personal final project.