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#1 Interpreting Local Color > Local Value

In this project, you will be inspired by some of the work created by artists and designers from the Surrealist and Dada movements of the early 20th c.   Materials: Magazine images are your fodder for material that are to be arranged into three separate collages in your sketchbooks that are incongruent in the subject matter.   Strive for excellent composition in each. Rules: i. Making use of found images from magazines, on the web, etc.,  you will make use of a large image to be used for the background of a collage.   The minimum edge on any side needs to be 7" or larger.  Make sure you look for images that have a  variety of values  in them, and areas where you can experiment with a variety of  interpretive mark-making  practices.   Repeat this for each collage.  ii. You may "scale" up on the copier machine if necessary. iii. Through found materials look for objects that are incongruent with one and other, however...
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Materials List

Art Box or waterproof toolbox (fish tackle box) to keep all supplies in 8” x 10" or larger sketchbook (spiral or hardbound) 18 x 24” Drawing Paper – spiral bound >> minimum size Drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 6B, Ebony, pencil sharpener Compressed Charcoal – 3 sticks – soft or medium paper stumps 1 small piece of chamois cloth and/or cotton cloth Black and Titanium White acrylic paints Plastic or metal palette knife India Ink + plastic water container (Pepper will supply) Bamboo brush – round # 4 or #6 1 chopstick hand sharpen one end Metal compass Rubber paper cement Spool of white string or jute/twine 1” Artists’ Tape or Drafting Tape Scissors Handled X-Acto blade or Matt knife Metal edged ruler (18”) 1 box clear pushpins Spray can of Charcoal Fixative (Pepper will supply) Roll of Wax paper from the grocery store (Pepper) Inexpensive Watercolor set (12 colors, pucks or tubes) Selection of colored pencils (inexpensive) Kneaded Eraser, White Plastic d...
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#11 Psychological Color

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