Assignment 10 Final

Color Theory Francisco Letelier Assignment 10 final

Create a psychological self portrait employing color to convey meaning,

Format 9" x 12" up to 11 x 17 2d

full color, acrylic or gouache with other media, including collage.
Illustration board or canvas board

Explore the meaning of self-portrait.


The expressionists used color to convey emotion in both realistic and abstract compositions. Your task with this assignment is to combine your knowledge of color to create an image which represents you. It may be a realistic self-portrait but more importantly you will create a portrait that speaks about your interior landscape.

Your composition should pay attention to figure ground relationships as well as employ some of the various aspects of color we have gone over in class. These include:
basic color theory, transparency, symbolic color, grids, rhythm, unity, pattern, warm and cool colors, cropping and enlarging, the use of color to imply distance, atmospheric perspective, expressionist use of color, pointillism and the use of color employed by the 'modernist artist' you have studied.

Challenge yourself, have fun, be original.

Please cover your work protective paper.