Josef Albers - Interaction of Color. Exercises #5 - #8. Due April 16th

Overview

We will be working on exercises #5 and #6 in class on Wed, April 11th. Please bring everything you need to complete these. There will be two more exercises (#7 and #8) introduced during class. 

All exercises are due Monday, April 16th. 

Critique begins at start of class. 

Important notes regarding specifications/sizes. 

Exercise 5- size of exercise will be 2" x 2" overall. Mounted on mat board with 2" border. 

Exercise 6- this may be done in illustrator and printed out, done with paint, or done with color swatches. Mounted on mat board with 2" border. 

Exercise 7- overall composition is 2" high by 12" wide. This will be completed with color swatches. No digital tools may be used for this one. Mounted on mat board with 2" border. 

Exercise 8- Size is a 2 1/2" large square with 1/2" square in center. Mounted on mat board with 2" border. 

Josef Albers- Interaction of Color. Exercises 3 &4. Due Monday April 9th.

Exercises 3 & 4- Due Monday, April 9th. 

Notes: the larger squares are 2" x 2" and the smaller squares are 1" x 1". So, for exercise 3 you will need to cut two squares 2" x 2" and remove a 1" corner from each of these. In the empty space, place your 1" square of the appropriate color. The goal is to make the bottom right-hand color appear to be floating above the upper-left color. If this is done correctly, you will create an illusion of transparency and 3-dimensional space/depth.

Keep in mind the rendering device of atmospheric perspective- as objects move away from the viewer they decrease in both chroma and contrast. Therefore, a prismatic color may appear "closer" to the viewer while a chromatic gray may appear "more distant".

Josef Albers- Interaction of Color- Exercise #2- Due Wed, April 4th.

Exercises 2- Due April 4th

Project Overview

Using the color swatches you brought from the paint store, complete the following exercises. All exercises should be mounted to mat board with a 2" border. The color swatches can be glued directly onto mat board or first onto bristol board and then mounted to the mat board.

A new X-acto blade should be used.

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on two components
50% Craft- cutting, layout, gluing, presentation, following directions.
50% Demonstration of desired effects- Study should achieve the stated effects.

Due Date

Exercise must be mounted and ready at start of class, Wed April 4th. 

Notes

There are three basic attributes of color- Hue, Value, and Chroma. Identify how each of these exercises use the relationship between the attributes of colors to create the desired effects. Once you can identify the color relationships, you will be able to choose colors of your own to replicate the effects.

Here are more notes and examples for the Josef Albers Exercises 2.

Required Research: Interaction of Color. Josef Albers. Due Wed. April 4th

Hi Class, please click here to see a video demonstration of Albers' Interaction of Color with some explanations that will help you complete your next series of assignments.

Next, watch this Introduction Video to the Josef Albers text and app. If you have an iPad, you can download the app. Check it out here. The text is readily available on-line.

Remember. Due Wed is exercise #2- I will post it in next.