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.
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 …
I was looking for an artwork to include in a newsletter. I wanted something to talk about friendship, while also giving a reference to social distancing and connections from afar. I found this 1937 painting by Dora Maar that seemed just right…. and then I didn’t end up needing the image. I thought it was …
Hopper is known for his oil paintings, but he also made etchings… Hopper was not initially successful as an artist, so he made ends meet with freelance illustration work… Frank Rehn gave Hopper his first solo show in 1924. Hopper was 42. The Seattle Art Museum expected to receive Chop Suey after the death of …
Day 12: George Washington The instructions were to finish an unfinished portrait of George Washington. If you’ve gone into instagram or padlet and searched for #30SAL, you have probably seen some of the fabulous contributions from artists like you. From out of the dozens of interesting artworks responding to this challenge, here are a few. …
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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