Graphics 2 - Illustrator

2/22

Focus: What is the complementary color of red?

Objectives:

Color Theory Review
Josef Albers - Color Activity (Name File: Albers Experiment)
Continue Illustrator tutorial (Modern Corp)
QUIZ FRIDAY - Make sure your journals are updated.

Closure: Adding white, black, and gray to a color creates...

White:

Black:

Gray:

2/19

Focus: When mixing orange and purple, what primary colors are you mixing?

Objectives:

Review Complimentary Colors
Review Tints, Shades, Tones
Begin Illustrator tutorials

Psychologically, blue gives off a subtle message of trust and reliability. Monochromatic color schemes are extremely effective at creating an overall calming mood while looking clean and elegant.

Closure: Name 3 characteristics of complementary colors?

2/18

Focus: Second Set of Tertiary Colors: These colors, often referred to as russet, citron, and slate, are created by mixing two secondary colors.

Objectives:

Review Tertiary Colors (2nd set)
Complete feedback of sketches
Begin Illustrator tutorial

Closure: When mixing orange and green is actually mixing primary colors? What are they and what amounts are used?

2/17

Focus: Name this color scheme.

Objectives:

Photograph your (7) sketches from yesterday
Upload grouping sketches to google slides
Period 1/2 Link
Period 3/4 Link
Review each slide and select the best sketch/word combination by adding your name next to the appropriate word.

Closure: Name this color scheme.

2/16

Focus: What are the secondary colors? Secondary colors are also what type of color scheme?

Objectives:

Grouping Sketching Activity

10 pieces of paper
1 pencil
10 pennies

Review Tertiary Colors

Closure: What's the most obvious clue when identifying tertiary colors?

2/12

Focus: What are the primary colors? Primary colors are also what type of color scheme?

Objectives:

simple vector graphic (sun, snake, car) -choose your best
funny face graphic
simple self-portrait graphic
Add all three to the Student Vector Graphics file
Using all three assignment files, create an original scene.
Add scene to Student Vector Graphics file in a slide underneath your original slide (be sure to add your name to the scene).
Color Theory Review

Secondary Colors: Orange, Green, Purple (Also - a Triadic Harmony)

Closure: Why might an artist choose a secondary color scheme?

2/11

Focus: What key should you press when changing the size of an image if you do NOT want it distorted?

Objectives:

simple vector graphic (sun, snake, car) -choose your best
funny face graphic
simple self-portrait graphic
Add all three to the Student Vector Graphics file
Using all three assignment files, create an original scene.
Add scene to Student Vector Graphics file in a slide underneath your original slide (be sure to add your name to the scene).
Color Theory Review

Primary Colors Scheme: RED, YELLOW, BLUE

Primary colors can be combined to create the rest of the colors in the color spectrum. They are also considered a triadic harmony. A triadic harmony is defined as 3 colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. They offer a significant amount of color contrast, while maintaining color harmony.

Piet Mondrian

Mondrian's Influence in Pop Culture

Closure: Why might an artist choose a primary color scheme?

2/10

Focus: What type of graphics contains the following characteristics?

formed by various shapes
scalable
made using anchors and paths

Objectives:

simple vector graphic (sun, snake, car) -choose your best
funny face graphic
simple self-portrait graphic
Add all three to the Student Vector Graphics file
Using all three assignment files, create an original scene.
Add scene to Student Vector Graphics file in a slide underneath your original slide (be sure to add your name to the scene).
Discuss plagiarism - Sheppard Fairey