Colors have a way of playing off each other, creating energy and movement that grabs your attention. This is called simultaneous contrast—when two or more neighboring colors intensify each other, making them seem more vibrant and alive.
I’m looking at paintings for simultaneous contrast examples. Paintings that set colors one right next to the other, let colors dance and interact. From a distance you get the mix, but up close the colors vibrate, dance. Take a look at these red dominant paintings by Philip Guston. See how that obnoxious green recharges our eyes to be more aware of the red? Like green scrubs in surgery, this gives the eyes a break, so we don’t get too accustomed and become less aware of the red. Notice how often Guston uses the same green trick of green, often even in a similar location in the composition.
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
League instructor Jon Patrick is teaching a class on artist’s books. One of the works mentioned in his class today was this collaboration between Asger Jorn and Guy Debord. Jorn and Debord were part of Situationist International, and CoBrA. [divider line_type=”Full Width Line From Wikipedia: Mémoires (Memories) is an artist’s book made by the Danish artist …
The chicken paintings featured in this V-Note are by Endre Penovác. The chicken letter that follows was written in 1870, sent to the Poultry Society. The title proclaims it’s a manual about how to raise fine poultry. The content, however, renders itself informational for how to steal birds from your neighbor (or yourself, if you’re an idiot). It was signed by …
Marcia Della Pace SAL Challenge Pics More and more and more creative challenges are getting posted online! You can find them by using the hashtags #salchallenge @seattleartistleague. I posted some of my SAL Challenge favorites for week one, my favorites for week two, and for week three. Below are my favorite discoveries for the last week, including …
Simultaneous Contrast: Philip Guston’s Green
Colors have a way of playing off each other, creating energy and movement that grabs your attention. This is called simultaneous contrast—when two or more neighboring colors intensify each other, making them seem more vibrant and alive.
I’m looking at paintings for simultaneous contrast examples. Paintings that set colors one right next to the other, let colors dance and interact. From a distance you get the mix, but up close the colors vibrate, dance. Take a look at these red dominant paintings by Philip Guston. See how that obnoxious green recharges our eyes to be more aware of the red? Like green scrubs in surgery, this gives the eyes a break, so we don’t get too accustomed and become less aware of the red. Notice how often Guston uses the same green trick of green, often even in a similar location in the composition.
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