Past Project

This was a previous color and shape project from my last semester's 2D class. We had to create two collages and two paintings of the collages. One of them was based on analogous colors and the other on split complimentary.

First, I gathered any found papers and magazines.

We had to look for different colors in our found papers to meet the requirements. For my analogous piece, I chose to use colors from the blue, blue violet, violet, and red violet groups. I decided to use rounded and wavy shapes, which I had also done for my second collage on split complimentary. Once I assembled all my cut outs, I began to glue and place them in different spots and directions to create a more abstract approach.

This is the final product of the analogous collage.

For my second piece on split complimentary, I decided to use colors from the yellow, red orange, and blue-green groups. As I did in my first collage, I collected the colors I wanted to use and made a variety of wavy and rounded shapes as well.

After the first part of the two finished collages. The final part of the project was to paint them on canvas. I decided to make a sketch on the canvas board first for a more accurate placement of my shapes. With Liquitex paints and a palette knife, I began to mix colors that corresponded to the colors on the collages.

Beginning with my analogous piece, I used blue and red to create the colors in between, which were the violets. I also mixed in black for shades and white for tints. I first began painting the background, then I painted in the objects.

For my split complimentary piece, I used blue and green to achieve the teal colors, which I used to paint the background first. As I got to opposite colors, I used yellow and red to make orange.

The main goal and objective to this project was to get a good grasp on the relationship between colors and shapes. I think it gave me a better understanding of color mixing and how different shapes in a visual can affect the way an image is viewed.