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Topic: Creating a Holographic Composition with Color and Shape
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Geometric Shapes
What is the
Shapes that are precise and require a guiding tool to
difference between a draw such as a ruler. Examples of Geometric shapes
Geometric and
are squares, circles, triangles, hexagons.
Organic Shape?
Organic Shapes- Organic Shapes are free form and
have no straight lines
How do artists trick
your eyes?
Optical Illusion- Artists can “fool the eye” by
intentionally using artistic skills and knowledge
about how the brain sees.
How Does Your Eye Color Encoding- The process your eyes use to send
information to your brain
See Color?
Your eyes recognize warm colors first.
Warm colors are red, orange and yellow.
Your eyes recognize cool colors last. Cool colors
are Green, Blue and Violet
Placing a heavy black line around or onto of areas
of color will help the eye define or accentuate any
color
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What artists used
organic and
geometric shapes in
their style of
composition?
How do you look at
a work of art?
Henri Matisse intentionally used cool colors in the
background to make the space look like it is
receding or “going back”
Pablo Picasso used geometric shapes and lines
during his “CUBIST” period
CritiqueA process of evaluating or judging a work of Art
4 Steps
Observe- Look carefully at the work of art
Analyze – Ask yourself questions about the ways
the artist created the composition.
How did the artist use shape, color and lines?
What was the artist trying to communicate?
Interpret – What is the artist trying to
communicate in the composition?
Judge- Make a judgment- Ask yourself:
Was the artist successful? Why or why not?
What could the artist change in order to make the
work of art more successful?
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Summary, Reflection, Analysis
In your own words answer the following:
Considering the rules of color encoding what are the most successful ways
to create a holographic image?
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Summary, Reflection, Analysis
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