Here are my 6 Line Shape Drawings with color, coloring really was the fun part by trying to find colors that matched well

Intro

• Art takes space which can be incorporated to 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional
• Space gives the illusion can can get rid of flatness
• Surface and Depth can push a space forward
• Picture plane – when a canvas is not seen as flat but can be seen as a whole form and plane
• Foreshortening – when an angle size looks essentially big from distance

Showing Depth

• Changing and varying size is a tactic to create distance
• Using Abstract shapes can show space more easier
• Exaggerating Scale can clearly tell a sense of size and distance
• Overlap – combing and hiding parts is good for the illusion
• Vertical Location – spot of how high or low an object is can show ground
• Aerial Perspective shows distance from how far away things are
• Plan and Elevation – show placement of objects
• Perspective helps with giving a visual point for sight
• Linear Perspective – line to show horizon
• Vanishing Point – where all lines lead to
• Monocular – single point
• One Point Perspective – one easy rhythm that lines follow
• Two Point Perspective – two lines are used to show background with an angle
• Multipoint Perspective – technique with multiple parallel lines

Amplified Perspective

• Special view pointed specifically to viewer
• Example – Uncle Saw “I want You” pointing to viewer

Multiple Perspective

• More than one vantage point can be looked at

Axonometric Perspective

• Using grids and coordinates to form points

Open Form/Closed Form

• Closed Form – objects placed for our eye to stay within range for center
• Open Form – objects pointed outward from normal boundaries

Transparency

• Transparency when nothing is hidden and everything is seen completely
• Equivocal Space – spacial pattern changes depending on how it is looked

Intro

• Color is in everything and a visual perception to the world
• Additive System – Colors from Lights
• Subtractive System – Color from pigments
• Primary Colors – Red, Green, Blue
• Primary Colors combined equals to white light
• Complementary(opposites) – create neutral grays
• Pigments reflect less light

Color Characteristics

• Color is a product of light and varies depending on time of day
• Color Constancy – when the mind insists despite evidence
• Color can change in different surroundings
• Certain reflections give feedback to color

Properties of Color

• Hue – name of color
• Hues can transition into many other colors of the color spectrum
• Pink, Rose, Scarlet, maroon are classified as the hue red, possibilities are infinite
• Color Wheel – organization and relationship of colors
• Primary colors – Red, Yellow, Blue
• Secondary colors – mix of any two primaries
• Tertiary – mix of primary and adjacent colors
• Value – lightness and darkness of a color
• Intensity(Chroma) – saturation of a color
• Tint – color added in light/white
• Shade – color that is darkened/black
• Mixing with gray or complement color can lower or higher intensity
• Afterimage – effect given when staring at a color and quickly glancing away
• Retinal fatigue – Long exposure to one hue can lead to different perceptions

Palettes

• In a digital color wheel, a hue can be noted differently by degrees
• There is a letter H for a hue, letter B for light level, and letter S for the saturation
• (R,G,B) means red, green, blue
• (C,M,Y,K) means cyan, magenta, yellow and black
• A painters palette is from minerals with different hues, saturation and mixes

Visual Color Mixing

• Pigments allow to create new colors
• Familiarizing the process can lead to different mixed instead of muddy colors
• Visual Color Mixing/Optical Mixture – two pure colors are being mixed
• Pointillism/Divisionism – juxtaposed color mixed for different color sensations

Cool/Warm Colors

• Identified by sense of touch not sight
• Example – Red/Orange refer to fire so warm, as blue refers to sky/water so cool

Color as Emphasis

• Color is often planned to direct or show significance
• From rearranging color contrast, or use of bright and dark colors even shapes and ground color

Color and Balance

• Having a visual balance in a composition is useful for attracting attention
• Adjusting Color that fits in a space/environment can create a sense of symmetry in the work

Color Schemes

• Specific color schemes are called color harmonies
• Monochromatic Color Scheme – includes one hue
• Analgous – colors that sit next to each other on color wheel
• Tonality – dominance of a single color hue
• Triadic – 3 hues equal distance apart
• Complementary colors – Opposite colors that complement

Color Discord

• Colors that do not fit with each other
• Meant to show unbalance or negative effect but also visually interesting

Color Uses

• Local color – the identifying color of an object such as banana is yellow
• With light, color changes
• Heightened Color – exaggerated and can be used with mood

Emotional Color

• When color is used that can connect and respond to a feeling or atmosphere

Color Symbolism

• To associate color with a message or saying

Intro

• Value – meaning for light and dark in design
• Achromatic – when there is no color but only black and white
• Value Contrast – relationship of light and dark areas

Value Pattern

• Value pattern – is the arrangement of light and dark and the variations
• Chiaroscuro – Showing volume in a drawing depending on the light and dark levels
• With low or high values, the composition can be manipulated

Value as Emphasis

• Attracting attention is the basis of Emphasis when there is a strong focal point
• Scattering the contrast levels is good for the viewer

Value and Space

• Showcasing volume and space is important
• To reduce flatness, adding 3 dimensional form is important
• Controlling the lines is useful to show ground from the figure
• Aerial – sense of coming forward
• To give off a impression of distance

Technique

• Shading – adjusting of Value
• Picking materials and medium
• cross-hatching – line variations with repetition
• Mixed Media and Visual Grays

For this project, staring off I sketched my idea of a grid that was 2×4 and 2×5. Designing it to make it look not to complex but Simple. Then as I progressed, I looked into Alternating Rhythm and I knew I wanted bold and white Value where my name is designed. Then My final idea I made a grid, on paper that was a larger scale. The dimensions are 8.5 by 9 inch and I used Faber Castell pens to darken letterings and background.

Ideas for Project Grid Based Compositions