Today my students completed a color study project in my Foundations course at the Kansas City Art Institute. Each student brought in a found image and separated its colors into percentages each one occupied on the picture plane. These amounts dictated how wide their stripes were in the 14" square format. The selected images had to have a minimum of seven colors...it was a lesson in color mixing and color quantity relationships. After their first piece was completed they made a different arrangement using the complementary colors from the first piece. Once all the works were completed, we chose a collaborative arrangement that considered the impact of color, relationships, orientation of the patterns, and space.
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| Here the students are discussing the overall layout. This conversation was lively and opinionated...all good things. |
The final arrangement was installed in the classroom and has a nice resemblance to quilts and tapestries. There are many great moments of color interaction.
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| Color Study, acrylic on bristol board, 7'x7'. The chair gives you an idea of its overall scale. |
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