1. Color Mixing and Matching de Beaufort
Directions:
1. Using the color palette derived from the Odilon Redon image of your choice, you must produce a
painting in the style of Sarah Morris (or other “hard edge” painter) that mimics this color scheme.
2. Prime and prepare a painting surface of at least 16x20” and have plenty of scrap material (mattboard,
etc) to test each color.
3. Design an image using rectilinear forms and pencil this lightly on your canvas or panel.
4. Begin to mix color matching each colors derived from the palette you have chosen.
5. As you mix the color, please have black, gray, white, and all the primaries laid out in order to adjust the
specific hue you are creating. Follow the directions that I give in class but remember a color is usually a
hue, a combination of two hues and then saturated or desaturated using either grey or black or white if
the color seems tinted. Please compare and adjust before applying the color to your canvas. Also
remember that all acrylic paints dry a bit darker than when wet.
6. Using tape, fill in each area in your composition making sure that the lines are clean and crisp.
7. Continue until the whole image is filled with color, you must use at minimum 7 identifiable hues.
8. Please refrain from creating representational imagery. This will complicate the project
and distract the viewer.
Student Learning Objectives:
1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of color mixing and matching, specifically complex tonal neutrals
as well as pure hues, tints, and shades.
2. Students will demonstrate a basic ability to color match a given hue.
3. Students will demonstrate basic proficiency with acrylic in producing smooth, flat areas of color and an
image using the “hard edge” technique.
Grading Rubric:
CONCEPT (40 pts) : The project makes use of the specific palette you have been given to
copy and has demonstrated a basic match of at least 7 identifiable hues. The project is executed
in the “hard edge” style and is abstract with no representation at all.
PROFESSIONALISM (40pts): Your 7 hues are correctly mixed, the color is well applied and
the image is clean and precise.
ORIGINALITY (20pts) Is your abstract design innovative and original, or simply rote copies of
the examples given? Is your composition unique in some way?
100 points total