Assignment List for Semester

Spring 2016- List of assignments and exercises

Assignt 1a-What's up/Mashup (magazine- first attempt)

Assign 1b- What's up/Mashup (magazine- second attempt)

   

Assign 2- Figure Ground Studies

     Square (Stable, Reversible, Ambiguous)

     Circle (Stable, Reversible, Ambiguous)

     Rectangle (Stable, Reversible, Ambiguous)

Assign 3- Symmetry (2 parts)

     6 emotion studies

     Animated gif (Final Project)

Project Series- Value Scale and Tessellations (3 Assignments)

     Assign 1- Painting Greyscale Tiles

     Assign 2- Greyscale Value Scale

     Assign 3- Greyscale Composition with extra swatches

Project Series- Hue, Value, Chroma (4 Assignments)

     Assign 1- Three Primary color charts

     Assign 2- Achromatic grey value scale 

     Assign 3-  Color Wheel

     Assign 4- Three Chromatic Scales

Interaction of Color- Joseph Albers Exercises (8 Exercises)

     Ex. 1. Hue as Value

     Ex. 2. Boundaries

     Ex. 3. Transparency

     Ex. 4. Color Manipulation

     Ex. 5. How Much to How Much

     Ex. 6. Color Climate

     Ex. 7. Visual Mixture

     Ex. 8 Three Colors Look Like Four

Final Projects (2 Assignments)

     Assign 1- 3 Color Compositions in mixed media (application of all theory and techniques covered in course)

     Assign 2- Emotion Animation (application of theory and techniques)

Slight adjustments may be made as necessary. Students will be amply notified if this occurs.