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"ligth and color!"

Workshop 04_ by Mauricio López Acosta. Quito, Ecuador.

VISUAL ARTIST. ECUADOR.

MAGISTER IN STUDIES OF ART.: UCE

ARQUITECT: UCE

GRAPHIC DESGNER: La Metro


Light and colour.

In this workshop, participants will develop a greater ability to perceive light and shadow that will help them create greater contrasts and volume. They will also work on increasing your repertoire of chromatic scales.

A good drawing is not enough, it is also important to be clear about our tonal value guidelines: where are the accents of light and shadow, where are the mid planes?

This reflection will allow the student to represent the landscape even in a

monochromatic way and it will be perfect, because he will have a greater awareness in detecting the relationships of light and shadow that he observes in the landscape in a simpler way. By drawing the shadow map you can more confidently use any color scale.

Workshop process.

Introduction: The life of an image begins long before the first stain is put on. The tour

begins with a process of reflection, like a series of somewhat rushed thoughts: what frame, what will be the best composition, what do I remove, what do I leave, what do I synthesize, what is the tonal scale and the chromatic scale….ufff, it would seem that it is too much in a short time. However, if we establish a series of guidelines we will be able to avoid with some ease that avalanche of concerns typical of an urban sketcher... although it must be said that there are no infallible methods.

1.- Structure of the urban landscape.

We walk, observe, select the view and decide on the composition.

Participants will be able to resolve the structure of the landscape intuitively or by following the perspective method they usually use. However I will make a short

demonstration on how to fit synthetically, detecting the horizon line first.

Materials: simulator or fine tip marker, watercolor format smaller than A5. A string approximately 50 cm long.

2.- Sketch of tonal values ​​in monochromatic gray scale.

In the same previous drawing, we will use the technique of narrowing the vision to

reduce the midtones and select only the shadow areas. Every form has a map of light and shadow. Pay attention to the shade under eaves, cornices, projections, adjoining buildings.

Finding the correct tonal value pattern is as or more important than getting the colors correct. If we have a clear shadow map, it will be easier to create them with strength and richness.

Materials: 4B graphite pencil or gray marker.

3.- Arming chromatic harmonies. The color is not absolute, it varies depending on your environment and surrounding colors.

The student redraws the previous study, with more details and defining the map of

lights and shadows found previously. I will explain and show 3 basic options for color harmonies: monochrome, analog and complementary. From there, each participant will decide with which of them they will solve their final work.

Materials: watercolor kit, sketch or A4 watercolor sheet.

4.- Feed back and discussion.

At the end of the workshop we will observe the results and discuss concerns.


Images:


1.-Mapa de luces y sombras.

2.- Sketch of tonal values and analogous color harmony


3.- Sketch of tonal values and color harmony by complementary


4.-Bi-tonal color harmony


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