January 22
Seeing Color, Properties of Color: Hue
Exercise 1: color observation and analysis in context
Assignment 1: personal twelve - part color circle
January 29
Review assignment 1 (final)
Properties of Color: Value
Exercise 2: value grid/black vs. chromatic darks
Assignment 2: monochromatic palette: children’s book illustration
February 5
Review assignment 2(in progress)
Properties of Color: Saturation
Exercise 3: hue-saturation progression/gray vs. complementary
Assignment 3: saturation
February 12
Review assignments 2 and 3 (final)
Color Temperature, Saturation and Illusion of Depth
Exercise 4: non-pictorial illusion of depth
Assignment 4: atmospheric perspective: book cover illustration
February 19
Review assignment 4 (in progress)
Simultaneous and Complementary Contrast
Exercise 5: make one color appear like two
Assignment 5: packaging/advertising illustration
February 26
Faculty Day/No Class
March 5
Review assignment 4 (final) and 5(in progress) and work in class
March 12
Spring Break/No Class
March 19
Review assignment 5(final)
Color and Emotion
Exercise 6: color analogue studies
Assignment 6: CD insert/cover illustration
March 26
Review assignment 6(in progress)
Color Unity
Exercise 7: unifying strategies for color mixing
Assignment 7: Color Research
April 2
Review assignment 6(final), present Assignment 7
Exercise 8: color inventory
Assignment 8: surface pattern illustration
April 9
Review assignment 8(in progress)
Light and Color
Assignment 9: animation background illustration
Guest Speaker
April 16
Review assignment 8(final) and assignment 9 proposals
Exercise 9: still life from observation
April 23
Review assignment 9(in progress) and work in class
Assignment 10: color symbolism research, presentation and illustration
April 30
Review assignment 9(final)
Present assignment 10 proposals and work in class
December 11
Color symbolism presentations and review
Exercise 10: repeat color observation and analysis in context
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