FD 1120 - Topics in Color
Credits: 3
This freshman-level course introduces students to the relationships between color, perception, and space as it pertains to art and design practices. Through hands-on studio projects, students investigate how color is utilized within design strategies, as it relates to properties of color, color psychology, spatial perception, and cultural significance while studying the historic evolution of color systems. Upon successful completion of this course, students will recognize and demonstrate the impact of color in the compositional aspect of design and utilize color as a creative element in the design process.
Prerequisites: FD 1275 - Drawing I
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Identify, apply, and critique color strategies within works of art and design.
- Articulate color terminology as they apply art and design.
- Use color strategies to evoke a psychological (emotional response) response.
- Apply relationships between color, perception, and space as it pertains to art and design practices.
- Discuss the cultural significance of color and its impact on the evolution of historic color systems.
Course Materials:
ON CAMPUS:
Required Materials:
- pencil 2B
- scissors
- compass
- vinyl eraser (white)
- glue stick
- emory board
- 24” metal ruler with cork backing
- acrylic gel medium gloss or semi-gloss
- x-acto knife with #11 blade replacements
- sketchbook blank pages only, 8.5 x 11
- 2 bristol pads, vellum, 14 x 17
- artist tape
- color wheel
- paper palette
- color pencil set of at least 18 colors
Paint Brushes:
- 0 round
- 4 bright
- 6 filbert
- 8 filbert
- 12 flat
- 2” bristle brush, inexpensive version
Acrylic Paint:
- Titanium White
- Burnt Umber
- Phthalo Blue (green shade) not red shade
- Ultramarine Blue
- Quinacridone Red
- Naphthol Red Medium, not crimson
- Indian yellow
- Hansa Yellow
- Dioxazine Purple
Recommended Supplies:
- container for water
- soft clean up rag (old t-shirt)
- artists Smock or apron
- Mars Black, paint
- burnt sienna, raw sienna, paint
- protractor
** Plan for approximatly $150 for supplies.
**Materials may vary depending on the instructor, make sure to check with your professor before purchasing.
ONLINE:
Required Materials:
- scissors
- glue stick
- 24” metal ruler with cork backing
- acrylic gel medium gloss or semi-gloss
- sketchbook blank pages only, 8.5 x 11
- 2 bristol pads, vellum, 14 x 17
- Drawing Pencils and Erasers
- Variety of Color Pencils
- Sketchbook
- X-acto Knife #11 + Blades replacements
- Painter’s Tape
- Water Cup(s)
- Ruler: metal with cork back
- Ruler: transparent with grid
- Self-Healing Cutting Board
- Palette (surface for mixing paint)
- Color Aid Pack or Paint Swatches
- Rags (old cut up t-shirts or towels or pack of cotton rags)
- Gel Medium
- Variety of Brushes ( flat/round/filbert)
- Color Wheel
- Fine Sandpaper or Emery Board (optional)
Acrylic Paint:
- Titanium White
- Mars Black
- Primary Magenta, Quinacridone Red, Pyrrole Red Light, OR Naphthol Red Light, choose one only
- Primary Yellow
- Ultramarine Blue or Primary Cyan
- Pyrrole Orange
- Permanent Green Light or Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade)
- Dioxazine Purple
- Burnt Sienna or Red Oxide
- Burnt Umber or Raw Umber
Optional Materials:
- Variety of Watercolor Pencils (optional)
- Variety of Color Markers (optional)
- Slow Release Medium (optional)
- Extender Medium (optional)
- Paint Box (optional)
*PLEASE AVOID CADMIUM AND COBALT COLORS.
*ALWAYS READ LABELS AND HEALTH WARNINGS WHEN PURCHASING ART SUPPLIES.
** Plan for approximatly $150 for supplies
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