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COLOR STRIPS- Restricted Juxtaposition.
OBJECTIVE: To produce a spatial effect by controlling the hue, value, and
intensity of juxtaposed strips of color.
PROCEDURE: (1) Draw a 6" x 9" rectangle on a small sheet of illustration
board, leaving comfortable margins on all four sides. (2) Select two or
more colors from the 6" x 9" pack of Color-Aid paper.After determining
the amount of each color required for each strip, cut strips parallel to
the 6" edge from each of the selected colors (each strip
will be 6" long). (3) With the format in a horizontal position, placement
of the strips will be determined by the color properties of the chosen
color and those of adjacent colors. Strips should be no less than 1/8"
nor more than 3/8" wide. The number of strips of each color will be
determined by the structure of your design. You might, for example, wish
to create an undulating pattern of warm- to- cool- to- warm- to- cool-
to- warm, so you might place a red-orange strip at one end of the
rectangle, and next to that a slightly yellower strip, and so on, so that the
colors pass through yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, and then
reverse,going back toward red-orange again at the end of the format. The
width of the strips may vary with each color to help to suggest the sense
of a rolling undulation. (4) The strips of paper must be attached carefully
to the board with the minimum amount of glue needed to hold the strips in
place. A glue stick is recommended designer's "sticky-back" or Duotack
adhesive paper. |
