Glenn Hirsch, Instructor www.glennhirsch.com

1. Color and “Light”
Glenn Hirsch

2. What is the ‘real’ color of the house?

3. The ‘real’ color
doesn’t exist
independently of
the light

4. Monet painted ‘white marble’ in different times of day

5. color theory and ‘light’

6. 1. “Value”

7. “value’ = the black-and-white of the color

8. Black and white is the
“value” of the color

9. 2. “Temperature”
warm and cool varieties
of each color

10. Since color is
“relative,” we use
warm and cool
versions of each
color to enhance
the feeling of
“light”

12. 3. “Chromatic Scale”

13. • Light to dark
• Bright to dull
• Warm to cool
Chromatic scale to
enhance the
illusion of “light”

14. chromatic scale
• Light to dark
• Bright to dull
• Warm to cool

15. Georgia O’Keefe

16. Glowing Light

17. Glowing, mystical, supernatural light
the light is coming from the object

18. Wangechi
Mutu

19. Fred Martin

20. Kim Dylla

21. Hirsch - Antediluvian Sleep

22. theatrical light

23. Theatrical light
Is a spotlight

24. Theatrical light
Is a spotlight

25. Felicita Norris

26. theatrical light is also
‘back-lighting’
the light comes from
behind the object

27. ‘back-lighting’
the light comes from behind the object

28. Ana Teresa Fernandez

29. Ana Teresa Fernandez

30. Monochromatic Color Schemes
John Reamer

31. Monochromatic color =
varieties of the same hue Nathan Oliveira

32. Judith Klain
you can use more
than one hue,
it’s just that one
hue dominates

33. Picasso’s
‘Blue
Period’

34. Paul Wonner

35. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
a
monochromatic
color scheme
creates a
strong
mood
Alfons Mucha

36. Gustav Klimpt
a
monochromatic
color scheme
creates a
strong
mood
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

37. same subject in two color schemes

38. same subject in two color schemes

39. Russell
Chatham

40. Odd Nerdrum

41. Zhon Chunya

42. Melissa Miller

43. Bill Puetz

44. twilight is a natural
monochromatic color
scheme
Daniel Rabier,

45. Banksy