CDF - Warhol Exhibition - E.C.

Terri, don't read this yet. not quite done.

On two occasions, I took the opportunity to see the Warhol exhibition that is showing at the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. The exhibition proved to be quite informative, and an appropriate thing to see as I was in the midst of studying color and am also always interested in the process of printmaking.

Within the exhibition

color related stuff:

diamond dust and strling color variations. parts of this tecnique. he extensively used optical mixing in his prints. (i.e. the marylin prints). warhol also used many color combinations that are dramatic and typically unnatural, which makes them stand out considerably. However the great majority of this series are visually appealing.

It is apparent that the color palletts for his commercial work were very simole and stragiht forward. Look at his series of cambel's soup cans. For these he only used mostly red, yellow, and black. I noticed that in this particular series, there was no change in chroma or in value – only a change in hue.

with his flower prints, he used transparency., this makes for a perfect study of color transparency. the second one on the wall at the exhibition, you see blue over orange which makes a purple...

this color mixing and overlapping makes the images busy. However, since the colors are related, it makes the image easier to look at – more pleasing to the eye. The colors are related in the since that one might have the same intesnsity in all its hues, but another might have contrasting chroma withc makes some parts pop out. In one particular painting, Warhol actually did use a proper opposite color scheme.

CDF update

I've been browsing around this blog that I found. This blogger definitely likes color and talks about the many different and practical applications of color. color in art, product design, graphic design, fashion, interior design, sculpture, architecture...

It is important for me to constantly remind myself just how important and exciting that color is and how useful it is. It's great to think of how color effects absolutely everything that you make. that's why its usually better to make things – whatever it is – without color so as not to be distracted by it. (just a thought)

In this blog, there are many remarks that simply make you think – many intelligent observations. The person has drawn a number of very interesting images from various sources.

here is the link:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ncscolour.co.uk/case_studies/images/gsw_headquarters.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hueconsulting.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html&h=426&w=300&sz=18&tbnid=XFcILpar3UYelM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolor%2Bin%2Barchitecture&hl=en&usg=__eVfRCNvKD3O4Fsr3qN1Yb8_ABSo=&ei=jUwTS9-RG4n-Md_6zTM&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&ved=0CAkQ9QEwAA

CDF: Pantone/CMYK

CDF update

Illustrator has proved a very useful tool. Lately I have been able to use it without much hinderance of a lack of experience with the program. The more one uses a complicated tool like that, the more confident and efficient one becomes. Trial and error is a good way of learning things - that and practice practice practice. Photoshop is also a very useful tool. In a matter of minutes, I was able to produce something (however simple it is) that I had in mind to create. Within a very short amount of time, I was able to realize an idea - that is something that is not always easy to do.

I have to say, it's amazing to see the difference between pantone color, and how it produces when it is configured to CMYK. of course, printers are only capable of so much, which means that they are not as effective when producing color as we would like.

CD&F UPDATE - NOV. 2-6

A week of continuous color. Every where I went lately I have begun to notice so many different things in our environment that involve color, and color schemes. With many signs - buildings, signs, and everything that I see - I ask myself does it make sense for those colors to be there - could that color pallet be improved? Does what I see around it help or hinder the effect that the color has and how I see it? The more I study color, the more I have confidence in understanding what it is I see.

It's Impressive how color can change the way we see something so dramatically. color can make a place seem bigger, and smaller - it's a very powerful tool!

I was browsing the web looking at neat uses of color in the environment (also a little in nature).

CD&F UPDATE OCT. 26 - 30

A very great deal was learned about color this week. It has become clear that the only way to learn about color is to play with it.

The different concepts of color theory which have been developed by Itten, and Albers seem confusing at first. It is especially difficult initially to visually understand the difference of chroma value and hue when sorting through unorganized color. However, the more I play with all of the colors, the more comfortable I become, and the more I understand the concepts of color theory.

In completing the assignment of the 8 different ways of seeing color when comparing one color, hue, saturation, or value also helped in understanding the concepts.

I was inspired by seeing the color studies in the library. there was one in particular which effectively demonstrated the concept of 3 colors looking like 4 when put behind different cPublish Postolors that made up a background.

CD&F UPDATE october 19 - 23

Learning formally about color is a good design experience. It is quite astonishing to see how important color is, and what a powerful tool it can be, if in the hands of a person who has a trained eye.

I was impressed to see the exact same yellow as a different... values(?) with two different colors behind it.

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After much deliberation, I continued to become more confident in understanding the different concepts of balance, movement, figure-ground, proximity, and space with my juxtaposing photographs.

CD&F update october 12-16

This week was spent on continuing our understanding of certain different visual concepts. During the continuation of the project that had begun in the previous week - where we were instructed to create digital, photographic imagery of our 3D letter form - I finally became considerably more acquainted with these many different ideas.

Despite how much time I spent thinking about how to make a three dimensional letter form convey the idea of transparency, or minimal detection was something of a challenge. My particular 3D letter form had it's own certain hinderances which became problematic as it inevitably lacks some dimensionality. However, getting feedback from the critique this friday helped me almost completely understand the idea of these concepts. As a result, I now feel a good deal more confident as I make my final iterations for my accordion book.

a: first image - the complete letter form

b: balance - stability

c: balance - instability

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