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Susana by Graydon ParrishJuly 21-August 1, 2014
10 Day Form Painting and Color Theory
Color Theory and Practice.
For most of the history of art, color was thought of as unknowable, the province of only a gifted few. While great colorists might be born, an artist can gain an intimate knowledge of color space by understanding the three attributes of color…hue, value and chroma…and practice mixing each.
A painter in his own right, Albert Munsell (1858-1918) used the terms hue, value and chroma in his numerical system of color naming. A numerical system, he thought, was more precise than the traditional names of color like ochre, crimson and ultramarine. For example, he would describe a certain yellow not as yellow ochre, but as 10YR 5/6 where 10YR is the hue, 5 is the value and 6 is the chroma.
In the first week of class we will use Munsell’s color model not only to describe color but to learn how to accurately mix the full gamut of colors available in oil paint. In the second week, we will apply his model to everyday painting practices. This will include modeling simple forms in order to see how value, chroma and hue change in various lighting conditions. Finally, and if time permits, we will analyze famous works of art, study complex color combinations, and develop palettes in order to tackle even the most difficult painting problems.
GRAYDON PARRISH (b. 1970) received his training at the New York Academy of Art where he earned his MFA and in the private atelier of Michael Aviano. Later he continued his education studying art history at Amherst College and assisting Gerald M. Ackerman on the catalogue raisonees of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Charles Bargue. This contributed to his deep understanding of 19th century artistic practices, philosophies and criticisms. Parrish has lectured at the Clark Art Institute, the University of Hartford, the Austin Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Today, Parrish’s work can be found in many public collections including the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Butler Art Institute and the Blanton Museum of Art as well as the personal collections of Michael Huffington, Christopher Forbes and Carmen Dell’Orefice
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