Color, Perception & Illusion!
We see colors every day. However, the way we see color is often influenced by the surrounding colors and shapes! Use the links at right to test your perceptual skills, and to check out some of the funny ways our eyes trick us! Many artists over the years have used these perceptual tricks to produce art works that are both fun and amazing.
Journal assignment: Create a journal page that reflects your reading and experimentation on the websites shown at right. For instance, you might use the "Colors With Borders" website as your inspiration and create a page in which all your color areas are bordered with black...or another color...to make them stand out! Or, you might try creating an optical illusion. Or, you might create a page that simply reflects your reading and understanding of color, perception and illusion. There's no wrong answer, so long as you use planning and thought to construct your page.
Due: Tues., October 28, 2008
THIS IS THE EXTRA CREDIT JOURNAL FOR THE NINE WEEKS!
NOTE THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY! IF you are not in school on Tuesday, and I did not receive it on that day (or earlier) it will not be accepted for credit! If you need these points, use WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY to get it here (as long as it's not immoral, illegal or fattening!). Use a friend, pay a courier, use a carrier pigeon or whatever is necessary to get it here....because WEDNESDAY IS TOO LATE!
Requirements:
Your page must:
- MEET OR EXCEED all the items listed below under EVALUATION STANDARDS
- Show at least 1.5 hours of thought, planning, organization and execution
- Be fully colored (background, too...)
- Contain drawings and colorings by you! (Not just cut and paste...)
- Contain layers of overlapping information (text, drawing, coloring, collage)
- Have meaningful text...not
just words, but thoughts, sentences, etc., that reflect your reading.
(Quotes are O.K.) - Have a border created out of collage (not more than 3/4 inch wide)
- Have a clear center of attention and fill the page
- NOT use colored paper for "background"...do the work!
EVALUATION STANDARDS:
Grades will be based upon items above, and:
*the time (about 1.5 hours)
*the thought and planning,
*the effort,
*the research,
*the attention to detail,
*the neatness and good craftsmanship,
*the following of directions,
*the completion of the assignment,
*the observable growth and skill building from week to week,
*the creativity shown,
*the originality,
*and, from simply having all of the required elements!
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