Week 5

Tuesday 9/24: Chapter One Quiz & Introduction to Color Wheel Project

• Quiz is an open book quiz and is in your email as a .docx. Please open, complete it (typed), and print out to turn in on Thursday.
• Start searching for color! Go to thrift stores, yard sales, grocery stores, search your pantry, closets, and drawers for objects that are the colors that will support your color wheel idea.

Thursday 9/26: Color Wheel Project (Research/Studio Day--bring laptops & tablets and colorful things to "play" with!)

• Research the history of the Color Wheel and examine at how its depiction has evolved over time.
• Create a unique and contemporary color wheel using unconventional materials (photographs, collages, fabrics, food, etc…). Be sure to include 12 colors (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary).
  Decide on an interesting design for your color wheel that departs from the standard. Keep in mind that your color wheel should function legibly as one. Start with at least 10 thumbnail sketches to start with your brainstorming, further develop 2, and choose one to complete for your final color wheel. You may want to can reference some example color wheels on the Internet to get some general ideas, but make sure yours is original.
  Consider how you will treat the space around your color wheel. Will you use solid black, solid white, some shade of grey, or develop some type of environment for your color wheel to exist within? What type of background will be most interesting to pair with your design?  

Weekend Homework:
Read Mary Stewart's Launching the Imagination: CH2 Section on Color (pp. 50-62)