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Color Theory Reading/Lecture Notes 10/22

Color Theory: The art and science of color interaction and effects.

Additive Color: A major system used in art, which is created using beams of light.
Subtractive Color: The second major system used in art. Color is created when white light is reflected off a pigment or a dyed surface.
Color Interaction: the way various colors interact with each other, since colors are never seen in isolation.
Color Overtones: A secondary hue bias in a primary color.
Color Interaction: The way colors influence each other.
Intensity, Saturation, and Chroma: refer to the purity of a color.
Monochromatic: Where variations of a single color are used. ex: different shades of blue.

Mini Poster Critique

My group narrowed it down to a final three during our critique. I thought it was a little funny that all three that they chose came from the same original drawing, they are just from different areas of it. I was also slightly disappointed that they all came from the same, because I had thirteen out to view, that varied in which drawing they came from. The ones I picked for the critique, I tried to vary in the style, and which drawing they came from, but in the end the three that were left were from the same.
I'm also pleased with the results I received from this critique. The group seemed to have a hard time narrowing down which ones they thought I should keep.
I'm also happy with these three that they liked, because these were some of my favorites that were in my top five.

Module Madness

The most intricate way to get a swig of water.

After the critique, there were quite a few things discussed that could have made my piece better.
The main complaint was the black paper that I had this sitting on... The only real reason I had it sitting on there was so that I could have a base to easily move it around without it falling apart. Its probably something I should have put a little more thought into initially.
In the final piece, I left the cap from the water bottle sitting on the piece inside the straws, Bill seemed to be the only one that noticed it as everyone said they didn't even see it until he said something....

Mini Posters

Lecture 10/1 - Reading Notes

Art: subject, content, and form  ---> [point, line, shape, color, value, space, texture] which will all vary

Organization

<-Harmony--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contrast->

           Repetition/Rhythm                     balance                                                                      Chaos

                                                                      symmetry

                                                                                       color

                                                                                                 size

                                                                                                        texture

• Harmony - A pleasing relationship between different sections of a composition.
• Repetition - Certain elements are repeated, or used more than once in the composition.
• Rhythm - A continuance/flow, or a sense of movement. This goes right along with repetition.
• Pattern -  Harmony created through repetition.

Lecture 10/1 Assignment

Abstract Expressionism: 

Paul Klees' 'Ancient Sounds' - 1925

In this painting, he is repetitive with the use of squares of various colors but similar in the shades of colors. The different colors he chose create harmony and an overall theme color wise... they look like they belong together. He also uses roughly the same size of square throughout which contributes to the repetition.
I'd say this sits more towards the 'harmony' side of the scale... it has repetition and rhythm and virtually no chaos to it.

Paul Klees' "Eros" - 1923

This painting, much like the first from this artist, uses mostly a basic shape and then repeats it throughout.  He once again uses similar colors that just go very well together. This painting shows some continuance to me while the other one did not. Adding the arrows pointing upward along with the design funneling up works very well. This painting would sit near the very end at harmony on the scale in my opinion. It is a design that uses repetition with shapes, but is very complete and 'put together' as far as the movement of it... this leaves no room for chaos.

Jackson Pollock's "No. 5" - 1948

In this painting, he essentially uses line for repetition even though its a very sloppy "line"/splatter.
The repetition could also be some certain colors, like the yellow for example, it seems to be repeated  in various ares throughout and it really stands out.  This sits pretty far towards the chaotic side. You can tell he splattered/dripped paint across the canvas, but like i mentioned with the yellow, some colors seemed to be somewhat placed in certain areas, so that shows some control.

Jackson Pollocks "Untitled (Green Silver)" - 1949

This one, once again uses the sloppiness look of splattering/slinging paint all over. Colors seem to be a little more all over the place on this one, but the movement and technique is repeated throughout regardless.
This one, in my opinion sits all the way at the contrast/chaos end of the scale.

Minimalism:

Dan Flavins "Untitled" Installation at the Menil Collection - 1996

After seeing this in person, its hard to find a picture that does it justice.  Regardless, you can still see he he repeats the simple "line" of light along the wall... along the other side of the room as well. There is also a repeated pattern of colors that continues throughout. This installation piece shows a lot of harmony with repetition and rhythm being shown with the consistent amount of space taken into consideration between each light.

Dan Flavins "Untitled" Installation (to Don Judd) - 1987

Repetition is shown here with the five separate "towers" that are each made up with the same amount of lights. Each one is the same size and topped the exact same way. He also shows a somewhat progression of color from left to right.
This, like many of his installations, shows nothing but harmony and rhythm. The spacing between the lights and the area taken up within the room is very consistent and has been taken into consideration.

Frank Stellas "Sunset Beach" - 1967

Obviously, this piece shows repetition by simply repeating the same shape over and over progressively getting smaller and smaller towards the middle. There is a nice progression of color as well which really adds to how the squares get smaller and smaller. This piece shows a lot of harmony mostly because of the organized progression of color as the size gets smaller. I'm sure the direction of color was thought out as he could have done it the reverse of the way he chose.

Frank Stellas "Tuxedo Junction" - 1960

Tuxedo Junction shows repetition with the white lines on a black background. The shape the lines make is also repeated until it gets so big, it disappears out of the picture. This shows mostly harmony because all of the lines are spaced perfectly, and run parallel to another, but the fading/splotchiness of the white lines makes it contrast a little and look just slightly sloppy.

Post Minimalism:

Rachel Whitereads "Embankment" - 2006

The repetition here is shown by repeating the same basic shape and stacking them on top of one another, over and over. The fact that all of them are also white, adds to this effect. To me, this would sit somewhere in the middle of our scale because it has that look like a bunch of stuff is just stacked up on top of each other, but there of course was some sort of strategy and placement involved which makes it look very organized as well. Its kind of split to me...

Rachel Whitereads "Untitled Library" - 1999

Repetition is show here by creating the "book" effect. The artist repeated the shapes over and over which made this look somewhat like a bookshelf. You can also see the layers of it where it looks like each shelf is sitting on top of the other one. This also, in my opinion, sits somewhere near the middle of the scale, because it has the feeling of a real library book shelf where there are an overwhelmingly lot of books on the shelf.

Tom Friedman "Untitled (Pencils)" - 1995

This is very similar to what we are currently doing with our Modular Madness project. He shows repetition by simply using the same object over and over to create one big object. In this case, its pencils stuck together over and over. This looks pretty chaotic to me because it has the appearance like a bunch of pencils were just heaped together.

Tom Friedman "Untitled" - 1997

This is once again, similar to our current 3D project in the sense that he uses the same similar object to show repetition. The artist used pills of various shapes, sizes and colors, but the fact that they are the same object creates the repetition here. This is somewhat chaotic and somewhat controlled and organized. You can see the pills were strategically arranged on the floor seeing as they are more bunched together in the center, and spread out a little bit farther on the outside. The artist took the spacing of each pill into consideration. This is also slightly chaotic because at a quick first glance, it looks as if a bunch of pills were dropped/thrown all over the floor.

Modern/Contemporary: 

Cy Twomblys "Untitled VII" - 2005

This is a lot like our mark making project. Repetition is shown by how he made marks using the same movement over and over, or at least it appears that way. Along with using the same gesture over and over with red, the drips are also consistent throughout. This looks very chaotic because everything overlaps and its hard to distinctly make shapes out of it.

Cy Twomblys "The Rose Exhibit" - 2009

This piece is very repetitive across the whole room really. It consists of three similar large scale paintings on three separate walls with the same objects and background colors on all three. All three have roses, but different colors of roses on each one. Each painting consist of three roses, all of basically the same size, on the same side of the painting, and spaced the same distance apart. All of this shows repetition and organization.

16 Ink Sketches + 10 Pencil Sketches

I tried to include a good variety of ink sketches when it came to objects used, and the technique that was used with them. I used a variety of objects including old headphones, toothbrushes, paperclips, forks, a straw and many other random objects. Some of my favorites were the ones I did with an old pair of apple earbuds. They made very nice, kind of natural looking curves... Three out of my sixteen were actually done with the headphones and I think they look totally different than the rest of the sketches.

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Some of the pencil marks are hard to see because they are so light due to the technique that was used on a few of them, and the song we were listening to "called" for it to be lighter marks.

'Write Up' of Monologue and Uncomfortable Videos

When doing the monologue, it kind of had this rushed, last minute feel to it for me. I think this might be because I wasn't to sure what to talk about. I had a few ideas where I could film my monologue, that would have actually made it somewhat interesting, but with having to shoot it before class was up that day, it ruled out all of my ideas. I finally just filmed my 60 seconds and turned it in. It felt pretty boring and I'm sure I could have done something a little more interesting... If I was bored doing it, then I'm sure it was boring to watch.

The setting of my uncomfortable video is actually where I wanted to film me doing my monologue. I figured that if I filmed myself doing my monologue while taking a bath, it would be humorous no matter what I was talking about.
Once we got the assignment to create an uncomfortable video, it seemed fitting that I use part of my idea for the first part of the project.

After making the video with a few friends when I went home for the weekend, I was driving back to Huntsville that Sunday, and had so many ideas that could have made it better. With the angle and the way the bathroom was laid out, we could have even made it look like he was peeing in the bathtub.
I think this video turned out a little more funny than it did uncomfortable. Maybe just a little awkwardly humorous.