Color Matching

Post date: Apr 20, 2014 3:17:48 PM

For this assignment students had the choice between three equally challenging assignments, all having to do with color matching, an essential skill when it comes to painting representational work. I tend to stress that students not worry about the "form" of the work, as in the proportions and accuracy of placement is a secondary concern. I really could care less if the flower you're painting is a little misshapen, it's about the color. This entire project I pressure my students to fuss over color. Some get it and struggle to the point where the tube colors get as close as they can, others don't quite go through the whole trial an error process I outline in my presentation.

It's okay though, the results this year were the best I've had the two/three years I've taught this assignment. I borrowed it from my former high school art teacher Mrs. King, and it was a great lesson. The process of color matching I think I learned, or at least it stuck with me, in college, when my professor Jessie Rebik demonstrated it as she painted her hyper-realistic portraits. King would have shown me but maybe it was a much simpler version, because I did match colors but without a ruthless exactitude, or as much trial an error. Which makes me think that even the kids that did get a lot out of this assignment are going to forget it, as is normal with most information. Oh well, below are some of the best examples, check out the link to my presentation above to understand the parameters of the assignment.