4.4: Transparency and Space Assignment
- Page ID
- 177194
\( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \)
\( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash {#1}}} \)
\( \newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)
( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\)
\( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\)
\( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\)
\( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\)
\( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)
\( \newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\)
\( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)
\( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\)
\( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\)
\( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\)
\( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\)
\( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\)
\( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\)
\( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\)
\( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\AA}{\unicode[.8,0]{x212B}}\)
\( \newcommand{\vectorA}[1]{\vec{#1}} % arrow\)
\( \newcommand{\vectorAt}[1]{\vec{\text{#1}}} % arrow\)
\( \newcommand{\vectorB}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \)
\( \newcommand{\vectorC}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \)
\( \newcommand{\vectorD}[1]{\overrightarrow{#1}} \)
\( \newcommand{\vectorDt}[1]{\overrightarrow{\text{#1}}} \)
\( \newcommand{\vectE}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash{\mathbf {#1}}}} \)
\( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \)
\( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash {#1}}} \)
Materials
- One 14 x 17 inch Bristol board sheet
- Tape your sheet to your board, ¼ inch clean, even margins!
- Non-photo blue pencil
- Painting supplies
- Value scanner
Guidelines
Sketchbook:
- Paint nine muted color swatches plus one high saturation accent color swatch in your sketchbook. This is the color reference for your composition. Do this first!
- Paint four crosses, two median transparency, two dark transparency using your transparency project colors. See page 84 & view sample fig. 6.28 (Color: A workshop for artists and designers, Hornung, 2012)
- Draw three proposed compositions using your chosen shape on the same page as your color swatches. Shapes may be rectangles & squares, a shape you used for your shapes project, or a new shape – keep them simple!
Project:
- Value ranges for your composition: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
- Shapes fill the page. There is no background.
- A total of ten shapes based on a single shape.
- Six of your shapes must overlap other shapes.
- Vary shape sizes and placements.
- Median transparency – hue and value of overlapping area is halfway between the two parent colors.
- Dark transparency – value of the overlapping area is darker than both parent colors.
Composition Must Contain
- Assigned value ranges.
- Interesting compositions, variety in shape placements and sizes.
- Exaggerated differences in shape sizes.
- Overlapping shapes.
- Use of median and dark transparency.
- Use of scale and overlapping shapes to create the illusion of space.
- Effective color interactions.
- Clean, even, ¼ inch margins.