Colour Discovery 1

Colour Discovery One - Painting in Natural Light

Theory:

• The definition of Natural Light

• The definition of Normal, Local or Object Colour

Colour properties:

Colour and light

• Painting Al Fresco

• Aerial Perspective

• Natural Light source

Colour and the Human Eye

• Afterimage

Colour and Composition

• The Golden Mean

Modelling with Colour

• Perspective (Aerial and Spatial)

List of paintings:

These are the Great Paintings we will study. The works are all oil paintings on various grounds created by the artist. There are no workshop or works designated as 'after' the artist.

1. The Light that you Live by
   Giovanni Bellini - Saint Jerome reading in a Landscape 1480

2. Tricks of the Light
   Hans Holbein the Younger – Christina of Denmark 1538

3. White Light
   Hendrick Avercamp - A Scene on the Ice near a Town 1615

4. The Light through your Window
   Johannes Vermeer - Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (The Music Lesson) 1662-65

5. The Returning Light
   Alexei Savrasov - Rooks Have Returned 1871

6. The Light of your Life
   Lucien Freud - Girl with a White Dog 1950-1951