Colour Discoveries

Colour Discovery 2

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Colour Discovery Two - Painting in Optical Light

Theory:

  • The definition of Optical Light

  • The definition of Optical Colour

Exploring Colour Properties:

Colour and Light

  • Optical Light

  • Colours change in different lights

Colour and the Human Eye

  • Hue

Modelling with Colour

  • Shadows

  • Highlights

List of paintings:

  1. Candle Light – Exploring Cast from Artificial Light Sources 1
    Godfried-Schalcken – A Man Offering Gold and Coins to a Girl (1665-70)

  2. Coastal Light – Exploring Highlights from Natural Light Sources
    Claude Oscar Monet - The Beach at Trouville (1870)

  3. Sunlight - Exploring Cast Shadows from a Natural Light Source
    Paul Cezanne – The Avenue at the Jas de Bouffan or Mont St Victoire (1870)

  4. Oil Lamps – Exploring Shadows at Low Levels of Interior Lighting
    Vincent Van Gogh – The Potato Eaters (1885)

  5. Starlight – Exploring Low Levels of Exterior Lighting
    Vincent Van Gogh Starry - Starry Night (1889)

  6. Dangerous Moonlight: Paul Delvaux – The Call of the Night (1938)

  7. Neon Light - Exploring Cast Shadows from Artificial Light Sources
    Edward Hopper – Gas (1940)

  8. Gas Light - Exploring Form Shadows from Artificial Light Sources
    Sir Stanley Spencer – Self Portrait by Gaslight Looking Downwards (1949)