Light_Dramatic_Strategies_for_Composition_and_Concept

Light Dramatic Strategies for

Concept and Emotion in Art

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

What’s the ‘true color’ of the house?

The ‘real’ color doesn’t exist independently of the light

Ivan Aivazovsky

“light” = drama

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=fhSjFTgt0m42QM&tbnid=rYINpELZY1WAqM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.artsstudio.com/reproductions/aivazovsky.htm&ei=pkraUaHvCa-v4AOQ4YHoAg&bvm=bv.48705608,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEJIU5KyhFXZvZpb6MOAd6vR-nkng&ust=1373346848872470

Paul Wonner

“light” = emotion

Elmer Bischoff

“light” = mood

Paul Wonner

“light” = a focus of interest

1.Dramatic spotlight2.Reflected light from water3.Back light 4.Cast shadow 5.Glowing light

Strategies to ‘stage’ light in your

paintings

Dramatic light – a spotlight on a stage (chiaroscuro light)

‘chiaroscuro’light, a dramatic spotlight in a dark space

chiaroscuro light

a spotlight in a dark space

Melissa Mizell

Reflected light from water

Edouard Manet

http://www.impressionist-art-gallery.com/manet_reproduction_of_the_grand_canal_venice.html

Elmer Bischoff

Monet

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=KyCYH37eYZGtcM&tbnid=TrRJnvlXWVamKM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2012/08/water-lilies.html&ei=GvppUqPjKITvkQeAgYFo&bvm=bv.55123115,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNF84oTGpfS7JDf9ndRxFSklrAfUCw&ust=1382763398353177

Reflected Light from water on the ground

John Singer Sargent

Reflected Light from water on the ground

Back light – from behind the object (creates a silhouette)

Back lighting

creates a ‘halo’ behind the object

cast shadow

Cast shadow

Ilya Repin (Russian 1850-1930)

Tamara Avery, student

Wayne Thiebaud

Glowing lightcomes from the object

(not reflected on it)

Glowing Light

light is coming from the object, not reflected on it

Bing Zhang

Kathy Wilson

Color Theory to enhance the illusion of light:

Pairs of “warm” and “cool” colors and

‘value’ (contrast)

warm and cool varieties of each hue –

e.g., a warm orangey red and a cool purplish red

Chromatic scale

• Light to dark• Bright to dull• Warm to cool

Georgia O’Keefe

“value’ = the black-and-white of the color

another strategy:monochromatic color

Picasso’s monochromatic ‘Blue Period’

Monochromatic color = varieties of the same hue

John Reamer

Judith Klain

In a monochromatic color scheme, you can use more than one hue, it’s just that one hue dominates

In a monochromatic color scheme, you can use more than one hue, it’s just that one hue dominates

Bill Puetz

Monochromatic Light

creates a strong mood

Alfons Mucha

Steven Speilberg’s Close Encounters

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=uxRtI1gQEvSd0M&tbnid=yj1GBl_F5H02gM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/CloseEncounters3.html&ei=fyTmUbCOOpLH4AO8h4GQBw&bvm=bv.49405654,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNFh9XCujmH8aQWu-p1Kf8v9X9BKQA&ust=1374123504457094

Monochromatic Light

creates a strong mood

Gustav Klimpt

Steven Speilberg’s Close Encounters

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Q2NKzLh7gNIwBM&tbnid=O7DSedw_W6hvXM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://spielbergfanclub.com/2012/01/making-of-close-encounters/&ei=vyTmUeadHZGx4AOZqIGoAg&bvm=bv.49405654,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNFh9XCujmH8aQWu-p1Kf8v9X9BKQA&ust=1374123504457094

same subject in two color schemes (monochromatic on right)

Angela Pryor

same subject in two color schemes (monochromatic on right)

Paul Wonner

Nathan Oliveira

Night and twilight are natural monochromatic color schemes

Daniel Rabier

Eddie Fitzgerald

Landscapes are natural monochromatic color schemes

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