Assignment: Gradation
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The document provides instructions for an assignment to create color gradations by incrementally tinting, shading, or neutralizing three given hues across strips divided into blocks. Students will learn about concepts of gradation, tinting, shading, and saturation by creating value scales that smoothly transition between mixes of a single hue. They will be graded on how well their gradations demonstrate an even differentiation between steps and an overall visually appealing shift across the spectrum.
Assignment: Gradation
- 1. Design Fundamentals de Beaufort GRADATION Assignment: Hue is not the only characteristic of color. Each hue can be mixed with other hues to create a broad range of chromatic browns, blacks, and grays, as well as lightened to produce tints, and darkened to produce shades . Additionally each color can be slowly de- saturated to produce a gray of equal value . In this way, literally millions of colors can be conceived each with a specific value, intensity and hue . We will attempt to break this overwhelming variety down by incrementally tinting, shading, and neutralizing 3 given hues. Directions: 1. Using a large paper cutter or my help, divide your illustration board into strips at least 5"x15". This is important because you may end up making an error on one of the value grades, and it's easier to complete them individually in case they need to be re-painted. Gouache is difficult to paint over, unlike acrylic. 2. With a pencil evenly divide a strip at least 3" tall into 7-11 evenly spaced blocks 1" wide. Tape the outer perimeter with drafting tape or painters tape. 3. Starting with a pure hue of yellow, red, green, or blue create a value grade by incrementally: tinting, shading, or neutralizing your hue. If you are neutralizing the hue, you must first create a gray of equal value by mixing appropriate amounts of white and black. 4. After each grade, tape the far edge and repeat. It would be a good idea to use a scrap sheet to gauge color. 5. You may create 1 Gradation if you chose to interpret the project creatively-otherwise you must make 2. You may chose either tinting, shading or toning. Student Learning Objectives: 1. Color: By creating incrementally graded scales, students understand and implement concepts of gradation, tinting, shading, and chroma/saturation (tones) . Each hue has it's own natural value and behavior as it is neutralized, shaded, or tinted, and students become familiar with these characteristics. 2. Design: Students utilize basic tools in order to create a value scale or spectrum. Grading Rubric: CONCEPT (40 pts): All the steps in your gradation are appropriately mixed and evenly differentiated. There are no obvious jumps from one tint to the next that seem abrupt. Each tint/shade is well mixed and the whole piece is visually appealing with a beautiful shift across the spectrum. PROFESSIONALISM (40pts): The project is neat and precise, there are no blemishes, spills, errant marks, bleed -unders, or scuffs that distract the viewer. The paint is evenly applied and does not appear streaky or splotchy. ORIGINALITY (20pts): Your interpretation of the standard value grade is unique and creative and forces the viewer to consider the concept of gradation the graphic means.