SpRING Term week 2

Date: 16th & 17th January 2024

Tutor: Rob

Tutor Led

WHAt to bring

• Sketching paper.

• Pencils : minimum grade 2B, a selection of 2B and softer if possible.

• A smart phone or tablet would be very useful.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Two this week. One of our own photographs, and a photo of a painting by Klimt of a very similar subject.

TIPS

1 Look at the coloured image.

Break down the image into areas of light, mid and dark colours. Where are the lightest colours? Where are the darkest colours? Where are the colours in between?

2 NOW look at the B & W versions ( Scroll through the gallery using the arrows at the side of the picture)

Break down the image into areas of light, mid and dark tones. Where are the lightest lights? Where are the darkest darks? Where are the mid-tones?

3 Now ask yourself these questions:

• Where are the darkest dark tones? Are they in the same place as the darkest colours?

• Where are the lightest light tones? Are the highlights in the same place as the lightest colours?

• Where are the mid-tones? Does their placement in the picture match where you bought the mid-colours were?

• When you first look at the picture, are you aware of whether your eye is drawn first to the lights, the darks or somewhere in between?

• Did you eye follow the same path across the image in the three different versions?

• Were there areas where what you perceived to be two distinct colours merged into one patch where viewed in B & W?

• Were hard edges in colour that became soft edges when looked tonally?

THIS WEEK

Introduction to the theme for the Term : An Exploration of the Relationship between Tone and Colour

The aim is to improve our understanding of the relationship between tone and colour. This is a complicated and confusing relationship! Through the term we hope that you will at the very least be more aware of the issues involved, and how to address them when designing a painting.

Today there will be discussions about the theme, and some exercises to begin developing our understanding.

Quote of the week

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