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Paprika (work in progress) On Wednesday the class continued working on their atmospheric perspective paintings. We will critique these first thing on Monday before moving onto discussing COLOR. You will need black and white paint as well as primary red, yellow and blue.

On Monday the class began paintings employing the properties of atmospheric perspective. Using silhouettes, the paintings illustrate closed values addressing 10 different values; black, white and eight shades of gray. Somewhere in the design should be a value scale.

Last Thursday and Monday the class worked on paintings with the objective of creating a three-dimensional sense of space. Students addressed and employed the Distal Cues to varying degrees. Jessica has created a beautifully crafted painting of a couple exiting a room and entering a deep, open landscape. The values and shapes are bold and well defined. She has skillfully balanced organic shapes against the stability of the vertical and horizontal shapes constructing the architecture. Kimberly has very effectively used value to create very stark and dramatic lighting conditions. The image is reminiscent of a snow covered landscape illuminated by a crisp winter moon. The values are rich and clearly defined. She too has used the Distal Cues with great effect.

Last Wednesday we critiqued the paintings addressing atmospheric perspective.  Katelynn has effectively used value to address the atmospheric perspective. In addition, her use of value is very complementary to the subject. The dark values in the ominous, tangled foreground of roots and trees provides the perfect exit into the more inviting space of lighter values spreading throughout the canyon. Katelynn Pizzio After the critique the class began their color wheels and sketches for color schemes.

Friday students started paintings with the objective of creating the illusion of depth or three-dimensional space. Each painting must include a value scale within the composition. In the painting above the value scale is within the tunnel-like arcing bands. The technique within the cubes is more akin to atmospheric perspective.