Colour Theory and History of Painting (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet (Opintojakso)

Student is able to observe colours, shapes, composition and perspective. Student is able to recognize various colour systems and can use them. Students have a basic knowledge and understanding of some of the key historical periods and critical developments that inform contemporary painting practice and theory. Student is able to collaborate in an international student team.

Sisältö (Opintojakso)

Colour systems, theory, analysis, practical work

Esitietovaatimukset (Opintojakso)

Basics of the subject.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2) (Opintojakso)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4) (Opintojakso)

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Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5) (Opintojakso)

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Arviointiasteikko

0-5

Sisällön jaksotus

COLOUR THEORY AND HISTORY OF PAINTING - IM00DT60-3005 (spring 2024)

History of Painting section by Juha-Heikki Tihinen will be organised 9.2.–15.3.2024 on Fridays at 12–15 in ADA in Mediapolis.

Tihinen´s lectures are “university type” which means that students should listen to very careful and make notes. The lecturer does not share any material.

COLOUR THEORY SECTION

All colour theory lectures will be available in Moodle as PDF-files.

IMPORTANT: In any Colour Theory course painting assignments do not use borderlines! Connect different colours to each other straight (or smoothly with gradient). In that way we see how colours interact each other.

WED 7.2. at 10–15 in 20064

- Start of the colour theory part in the course: content, timetable, evaluation
- Lecture 1: What is a Colour
- Assignments 1 and 2
- Feedback at 13.30

Assignment 1: Photograph with your mobile phone´s camera some small object. Use some strong colour in background. Send the image file to the teacher by 12 and he will print it (don´t edit the file at all).

Assignment 2: Paint the same subject with gouache to the A3-paper. Try to get colours in your image as much same as in the original object (not maybe same as in the photograph). At the same time try to express how you feel the object. Leave a background in the image quite neutral or white. Totally monochrome images are not allowed now. Pure black or white colours are not allowed either.

MON 12.2. at 10–15 in 20064

- Lecture 2: Colour Theories and Systems
- Assignments 3 and 4
- Feedback at 14

Assignment 3: Colorize with Photoshop a given Itten´s colour wheel you find from Moodle (the teach show how). Add you name to it. Flatten image and upload it to Moodle.

Assignment 4: Paint the wheel with gouache to the A4 paper as carefully you can. Try to get similar colours and intervals as in “original”. (remember: no borderlines)

WED 14.2. at 10–15 in 20064 (and computer classroom 30015 at 11–12.30)

- Lecture 3: Contrasts
- Lecture 4: Harmony
- Brief for assignments 5 and 6.

THU 15.2. at 10–15 in 20064 (working day, no lectures)

Assignment 5: Copy to A4 paper with thin and weak lines the given image. Paint the image so that you fill in with colours the areas between lines. Try to create an illusion of a three-dimensional space using “warm” and “cold” colours.

Assignment 6: Paint with gouache to the A4 paper harmonic and disharmonic image. So, return two images in this assignment.

MON 19.2. at 10–15 in 20064

- Lecture 5 and demonstration: Reproduction of Painting
- Assignment 7: Make high-quality repro on one of your paintings and upload the file to Moodle. Deadline 28.3.2024.
- Feedback for assignments 5 and 6 at 13.

WED 21.2. at 10–15 in 20064

- Lecture 5: Shortly about Colours as Symbols
- Assignment 8
- Feedback for assignment 8 at 14

Assignment 8: Paint with gouache to the A3 paper a symbolic image. Use only abstract* forms. Give a title to your image.

*Abstract art uses a visual language of shape, form, colour and line to create a composition, which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. A viewer does not recognize any real object of the real world.

Abstract ≈ non-figurative art ≈ non-objective art ≈ and non-representational art.

Assignment 9: Write a short clarification / statement about what kind of symbolic meanings colours have to you. Save the text file to Moodle implementation of the course by 28.3.2024.

Arviointikriteerit - tyydyttävä (1-2) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/tamk/studying-0/student-assessment-and-examinations/guidelines-student-assessment

Arviointikriteerit - hyvä (3-4) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/tamk/studying-0/student-assessment-and-examinations/guidelines-student-assessment

Arviointikriteerit - kiitettävä (5) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/tamk/studying-0/student-assessment-and-examinations/guidelines-student-assessment