Summary: Overall, quite a good day today.
TASK 1: Use colour to portray the following landscape in two different emotions
(hope, fury, sadness, happiness)
EXPERIMENT 1: (FURY)
COLOUR PALETTE:
For the above piece, I wanted to use an analogous colour scheme (Red, Orange, Yellow) in varying hues and at varying values (sometimes all the way down to black or dark grey for the rocks) to really capture the feeling of “FURY”. Fury means anger – and as I learned in our lecture, anger is often associated with the warmer side of the colour spectrum as well as the colour red in particular.
RESEARCH:
Below is a video I included for research to jog my memory about a lto of what I learned today in colour theory.
Below is another video which goes over the Apocalyptic art of the Romanticist painter, John Martin (1789-1854). I noted that much of this painter’s art centres around God’s “FURY” at Humanity for their sin. This theme is shown in the landscapes and settings of his paintings via harsh contrasts, an emphasis on “the sublime” (the awe/horror-inducing feeling which overwhelms the viewer when looking at a broad or sweeping landscape) – AND THE COLOUR “RED”. This is of course because the colour red symbolises fury, anger, chaos, and great passion. All of this I incorporated in the above art piece.
EXPERIMENT 2: (HAPPINESS)
COLOUR PALETTE:
For the above piece, I wanted to use a pastel colour schemes (low intensity but high value colours). The lightness and “cuteness” of the colours was intended to produce a calming and pleasing effect on the viewer – thus making it suitable for an environment focused around the feeling of “Happiness”.
TASK 2: COLOUR IN ACTION:
Activity 1: 5 potential Colour palettes for your world and characters
Below is a screenshot of me using the color.adobe.com colour wheel selector to create my palettes.
Below are the 5 possible colour palettes – I wanted to use a variety of different colour palettes types e.g. analogous, complementary, etc.
Activity 2: Photo Scavenger Hunt!
COMPLEMENTARY: (GROUNDED)
The above colour palette makes use of complementary colours (Orange and Blue). In this picture the orange appears much darker, like a brown, whereas the blue is far brighter. The blue light filtering through the skylight connotes calming elements: water, air, mist – enfusing the atmosphere with a tone of serenity. The orange-brown lights lower in the picture (as well as the orange-brown balustrades) give the environment an Earthy feel, grounding passersby and offsetting any harshness the blue light from above might have produced on its own. They come together in a wonderful synthesis – creating a pleasing indoor setting for students and staff.
ANALOGOUS: (WARM & WELCOMING)
This analogous palette of warm colours (Red, orange, yellow, magenta) produces a welcoming and inviting atmosphere – creating a place for students to “chill our” or relax in. It’s playful and fun and pops wonderfully against the surrounding grey environment.
MONOCHROMATIC: (FOCUSED)
This monochromatic palette at first seems “cold” and “harsh”. However, I feel it is performing its function perfectly. It is a sleek and modern workspace – the complete absence of colour actually works as a blank canvas, an “objective” space in which art students can generate their own sources of creativity – not influenced purely by the environment around them. It also defines this space as a place of work and focus by eliminating all distracting or overstimulating colours.
RESEARCH:
Below is a video which greatly helped me in selecting and creating colour palettes.