UnOvPaintEx

=Under/Over Painting Exercises=


 * Underpainting and Overpainting: how color can behave, Part 1**

1. Make a 5” x 5” square on your tagboard. 2. Divide your square into equal square quarters. 3. Mix two complementary colors that are not typical. By “not typical” I mean mix up non-“Crayola” colors. You might try to mix up a color that sits on the edge of a color family (is it blue? Or is that a green?) They can be of any intensity, and they do not have to be colors that you “like.” 4. Paint the colors diagonally across from each other, flat filling in the square divisions. Let it dry. 5. Using a template or compass, draw a circle in each square that takes up most of the room but leaves negative space all around it. 6. Take your opposing color and paint the circle in such a way that it allows the underpainting to show through. If you cover too much, just let that dry and repeat the process. Repeat this in all four squares with a diagonal organization. You are not trying to make the illusion of a sphere.


 * Underpainting and Overpainting (NOT): how color can behave, Part 2**

Please work in the same way as you did for Part 1, EXCEPT do NOT overpaint. Try to use either the same paint colors you did for Part 1 or try to get close. Following are basically the same directions as for Part 1, but tweaked for this new project.

7. Make a 5” x 5” square on your tagboard. 8. Divide your square into equal square quarters. 9. Using a template or compass, draw a circle in each square that takes up most of the room but leaves negative space all around it. 10. Mix two complementary colors that are not typical. By “not typical” I mean mix up non-“Crayola” colors. You might try to mix up a color that sits on the edge of a color family (is it blue? Or is that a green?) They can be of any intensity, and they do not have to be colors that you “like.” 11. Paint the colors diagonally across from each other, flatly filling in only the negative space around the circle drawn in the square divisions. Let it dry. 12. Take your opposing color and paint in the circle. Repeat this in all four squares with a diagonal organization. You are not trying to make the illusion of a sphere.

What is the visual difference between the two color experiments?