paint intermediate strategies to stage light
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Color and Light
Five Strategies to Stage Your Compositions
Monochromatic Color Schemes
Glenn Hirsch, Instructor
Emotion in painting depends on “light”
What’s the ‘true color’ of the house?
The ‘real’ color doesn’t exist independently of the light
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 – 1900)
“light” = drama
Paul Wonner
“light” = emotion
Elmer Bischoff
“light” = mood
Paul Wonner
“light” = a focus of interest
1.Dramatic spotlight2.Reflected light 3.Back light 4.Cast shadow 5.Glowing light
Strategies to ‘stage’ light in your
paintings
1. Dramatic light – a spotlight on a stage (chiaroscuro light)
‘chiaroscuro’light, a dramatic spotlight in a dark space
chiaroscuro light
a spotlight in a dark space
chiaroscuro light
a spotlight in a dark space
Melissa Mizell
2. Reflected light (from water)
Edouard Manet
Elmer Bischoff
Reflected Light from water on the ground
John Singer Sargent
Reflected Light from water on the ground
3. Back light – from behind the object (creates a silhouette)
Backlighting
creates a ‘halo’ behind the object
Backlighting
creates a ‘halo’ behind the object
4. cast shadow
Ilya Repin (Russian 1850-1930)
Tamara Avery, student
Cast shadow
Wayne Thiebaud
5. Glowing lightcomes from the object
(not reflected on it)
Glowing Light
light is coming from the object, not reflected on it
Color Theory to enhance the illusion of light:
Pairs of “warm” and “cool” colors and
‘value’ (contrast)
warm and cool varieties of each hue –
e.g., a warm orangey red and a cool purplish red
Chromatic scale
• Light to dark• Bright to dull• Warm to cool
Georgia O’Keefe
“value’ = the black-and-white of the color
monochromatic color schemes
same subject in two color schemes (monochromatic on right)
Picasso’s ‘Blue Period’
Monochromatic Light
creates a strong mood
Czech Art Nouveau artist Alfons Mucha
Scene from Steven Speilberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Paul Wonner
Nathan Oliveira
Gustav Klimpt
Scene from Steven Speilberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind
same subject in two color schemes (monochromatic on right)
Night and twilight are natural monochromatic color schemes
Daniel Rabier, student
Eddie Fitzgerald, student
Landscapes are natural monochromatic color schemes
Monochromatic color = varieties of the same hue
John Reamer, student
Judith Klain, student
you can use more than one hue, it’s just that one hue dominates
you can use more than one hue, it’s just that one hue dominates
Bill Puetz, student
• Recommended:• First do a thumbnail sketch on
a separate piece of paper• No detail – block in the light &
shadow
1/25 Color mixing, brush technique, glazing (assignment #1: limited palette painting)
2/1 Light and Color (assignment #2: "light" and/or monochromatic color)
2/8 More Light and Color
2/15 NO CLASS
2/22 Light and Color III (assignment #3: "space")
2/29 Texture
3/7 Style (assignment #4: master study and original response)
3/13 SUNDAY FIELD TRIP to Legion of Honor Museum 930am-1230pm
3/14 More on style and color
3/21 Exploration (assignment #5: student choice)
3/28 More on style and color 4/4 Composition I4/11 Composition II4/18 Crit