Color Contrast and Their Impacts

Introduction: Color Contrast — The difference in luminance between two adjacent colors or overlaid colors (foreground / background). Dynamic Range — The ratio between the largest and smallest values that a certain quantity can assume.

Readings: DEVELOPING AESTHETIC COLOR RELATIONSHIPS Pg no- 196-197

Recommended Book:

Art Fundamentals:Theory and Practice by  Otto G. OcvirkRobert E. StinsonPhilip R. WiggRobert O. BoneDavid L. Cayton

School of ArtBowling Green State University

http://dl.booktolearn.com/ebooks2/art/artrelated/9780073379272_Art_Fundamentals_5fd0.pdf

Assignment:

1- Draw a still life, portrait or an interior scene on paper surface (The assignment needs simple and easy drawing of object, no complicated drawings need)
2- Use high key value or low key value using neutral colors for rendering of image
3- Use stippling or cross hatching style of pen
4- Create an impact of Chiaroscuro (high contrast) in the painting.

Materials:

Surface: Scholar sheet

Paints: Poster color

Size; A4