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Foreshortening and Color Theory

Foreshortening and Color Theory. What is Foreshortening?. To shorten an object to look as if it is going back into space Coming at you Creates proportions based on viewer’s perspective. Examples. What color can do for us. Arbitrary: made up Create moods Show emphasis

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Foreshortening and Color Theory

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  1. Foreshortening and Color Theory

  2. What is Foreshortening? • To shorten an object to look as if it is going back into space • Coming at you • Creates proportions based on viewer’s perspective

  3. Examples

  4. What color can do for us • Arbitrary: made up • Create moods • Show emphasis • Grab viewers attention • Optical: show realism and light source

  5. Color Schemes • Red • Yellow • Blue • Strong contrast • Orange • Green • Violet • Mixed from primary Primary Colors Secondary Colors Tertiary • Mixed from a Primary+Secondary Fig 6.17

  6. Scumbling • Tiny overlapping circles • Creates texture Burnishing • Thick, overlapping layers • Build up pressure each layer • Smooth surface

  7. Color Schemes • Next to each other • Common hue • Violet, Red-Violet, and Red (Orange, Red-Orange) • Unified, connected Analogous

  8. Color Schemes Cool • Red • Yellow • Orange • Move forward • Typically happy mood • Unity • Violet • Green • Blue • Move backward • Calm, sad • Unity Warm

  9. Cross Hatching • Hatching lines overlaying in opposite directions • Layering different colors or the same for texture

  10. Color Schemes • Opposites • Red and Green • Blue and Orange • Violet and Yellow • Blue-Violet and Orange-Yellow • Blue-Green and Red-Orange • Green-Yellow and Red-Violet Complementary

  11. Color Schemes • Strongest contrast • “Vibrate” • Loud • Mixing compliments create neutrals Fig 6.15

  12. Blending Chalk Pastels • Use a rag, blending stump, or your finger • Lay colors down and smooth together

  13. Color Schemes • Use of one color • Tints and shades • Create mood • May be boring Monochromatic

  14. Directional Marks • Show the direction of contour or texture Incised Marks • Two thick, overlaid layers • Scratch into top layer

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