Agenda 21005 Imaging

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Agenda 2/10/05 Imaging

• Quick Write/Sketch
• Basic Color Theory Lesson
• Today is day 1 of 3 where you will be learning
  about Color Theory
• You will be quizzed on Color Theory
• Quiz is on Wednesday, Feb. 16
• You will be allowed to use a page of notes on the
  quiz, so take notes!!!
• Photoshop Lesson 5
• Using the "Color Picker" more intelligently
• Adjustment Layers
• Studio Assignment 5

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• Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the
  harmonies, the soul is the piano with many
  strings. The artist is the hand that plays,
  touching one key or another, to cause vibrations
  in the soul.
• Wassily Kandinsky

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Wassily Kandinsky, 18661944

• "The concept that color and musical harmony are
  linked has a long history, intriguing scientists
  such as Sir Isaac Newton.
• Kandinsky used color in a highly theoretical way
  associating tone with timbre (the sound's
  character), hue with pitch, and saturation with
  the volume of sound. He even claimed that when he
  saw color he heard music. "
• from WebMuseum, Paris
• http//www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky
  /

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Quick Write/Sketch 2/10/05

• Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the
  harmonies, the soul is the piano with many
  strings. The artist is the hand that plays,
  touching one key or another, to cause vibrations
  in the soul.
• Wassily
  Kandinsky
• Respond visually (with sketches and possibly
  words) to Kandinskys works of art and his quote.

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Agenda 2/10/05 (Again)

• Quick Write/Sketch
• Basic Color Theory Lesson
• Today is day 1 of 3 where you will be learning
  about Color Theory
• You will be quizzed on Color Theory
• Quiz is on Wed., Feb. 16
• You will be allowed to use a page of notes on the
  quiz, so take notes!!!
• Photoshop Lesson 5
• Using the "Color Picker" more intelligently
• Adjustment Layers
• Studio Assignment 5

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Additive vs. Subtractive Color

• Additive Color
• Used when working with rays of colored LIGHT
  (such as a theatre lighting technician)
• Primary colors are red, blue and green
• When red, blue and green light overlap you get
  white light
• Subtractive Color
• Used when working with PIGMENTS (such as paint)
• Primary colors are red, blue and yellow
• When red, blue and yellow paint are mixed, you
  get black paint (or close to it)
• Subtractive color is how we see most of the
  world. A leaf is green because when white light
  hits it, the pigment in the leaf absorbs (or
  "subtracts") all the wavelengths of color in
  light except for green, which it reflects back to
  us and we see "green"

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Color Wheel (for "Subtractive" or Pigment-Based
Color)
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Primary Colors (for Subtractive Color)
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Secondary Colors (for Subtractive Color)
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Tertiary Colors (for Subtractive Color)
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Complementary Colors (to make harmonious color
schemes)
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Analogous Colors (another way to make harmonious
color schemes)
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Other Color Theory Terms

• Color is described in terms of 3 physical
  properties
• Hue
• Generic name that we give to each color
• "Red," "blue," "orange," etc. are all different
  hues
• Value
• The term for the lightness or darkness of a color
• Each hue can be changed in value by adding black
  or white to the hue
• Intensity or Saturation
• The terms for the "quality" of a color, or the
  relative brightness or dullness of it

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Warm and Cool Colors

• Warm Colors (think fire)
• Red, orange, and yellow
• Tend to be dominant in a composition
• Cool Colors (think water)
• Blue, green, violet
• Tend to recede in a composition

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Color and Emotion

• We can use color to create mood and symbolize
  ideas
• For example
• Reds are thought of as active and exciting
• Blues are thought of as sad or calm
• Some of the emotions that colors bring out in
  people are cultural

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Local vs. Subjective Color

• Local Color
• Using the natural color of an object
• Examples include a green leaf or a red strawberry
• Subjective Color
• Using a color palette decided on by the artist,
  not by nature
• Examples include a purple cow or green sky

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2/10/05 Studio Assignment (5)

• Borrow an "Art Fundamentals" CD and QUIETLY study
  the lessons on color.
• Try to make your sketch from the Quick
  Write/Sketch today come to life digitally in
  Photoshop
• Pay attention to color usage!
• Try to make your piece compelling!
• Dont forget to save your file in your Practice
  Work folder!