A Portrait of this Time...

CONTENT-If you made a portrait of this time, what would it look like?

This may be interpreted in any way you choose. It may be a personal portrait, political, historical or any other way you feel you can best respond . Create 5 images.

Medium: Collage n 1 : an artistic composition of fragments of materials
pasted (glued) on a surface

COLOR: Color n 1: a phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects

Research: Collage Artists- R0mare Bearden, Hanna Hoch, Robert Rauschenberg
Color Resource: http://kuler.adobe.com/

Step 1:
Write a minimum of a 2 paragraph response to the question:
What is your “Portrait of this Time”?
What colors come to mind? How will color function in the work?
How will color help to reinforce or help express what you are trying to achieve?
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Step 2:
Construct ONE collage using TRADITIONAL methods.
Collect source materials you will need to articulate your ideas. (text, objects, drawings, photos, etc.) Determine supplies: glue, tape, paint, illustration board, wood, string etc.

Step 3:
Construct TWO collages using DIGITAL Photoshop and scanning tools.
Use a minimum of 3-5 layers in Photoshop.

Step 4:
Construct ONE collage-Refer to “Color Rules” to illustrate your idea.
i.e.: Analogous Colors/Monochromatic/Triad/Complimentary Colors


***All COLLAGES WILL TRACE THE SAME IDEA***

DUE: MON. OCT. 20
-1 traditional Collage
-3 Digital Collages

(PRINTED OUT on Epson Premium Photo Paper Luster paper 8.5 x11)

COLOR VOCABULARY
Color-The visual response to different wavelengths of sunlight identified as red, green, blue etc…

Pigment-Substance or matter used as coloring, many are derived from minerals and plants

Hue or Chromatic Hues- Name of the color

Value- Lightness or darkness of a color

Intensity- Colors purity or grayness

Temperature- Its warmness or coolness

Warm Colors- Red, Yellow, and Orange on the color wheel. Warm colors tend to advance visually.

Cool Colors-Blue, Violet, Blue or Green. Cool colors tend to recede spatially.

Neutral or Achromatic Hues-Color resulting after two compliments have been
mixed that neither color is evident.

Texture-Surface material that can be experienced through touch or the illusion of touch

Primary Color-preliminary hues that cannot be broken down or reduced into other colors.

Secondary Color-Color produced by a mixture of two primary colors.

Subtractive Color- Sensation of color that is produced when wavelengths of light are reflected back to the viewer. Color in Painting
Subtractive Primaries: RED, YELLOW, BLUE
Subtractive Secondary: ORANGE, GREEN, VIOLET

Additive Color-Colors whose hue is established by combining monochromatic light sources
Additive Primaries: RED, GREEN, BLUE
Additive Secondary: CYAN, YELLOW, MAGENTA

Color Rules: Resource: http://kuler.adobe.com/

Analogous Colors-appear next to each other on the color wheel

Monochromatic- Anything having a single hue

Triad-3 colors spaced equal distance on the color wheel

Complimentary Colors-2 colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel