Josef Albers, Homage To the Square (G), 1971, Silkscreen on wove paper, 27 x 26 cm
You will be able to book tickets from 9:30am on Wednesday 29th January.
Lecturers: Osvaldo Budet, Chelsea Lehmann
Location: NAS Building 5 Painting Studios
Description:
Introduction to Colour Theory will provide a valuable skill set for students to deepen their understanding of colour as a powerful visual language to apply this knowledge across diverse media. Building upon fundamental colour principles, this course will look at colour theory from Isaac Newton, Josef Albers and Johannes Itten, as well as exploring the science of optics.
The course combines lectures, hands-on workshops, group discussions, and critiques. Students will create an array of practical exercises in acrylic in an artist journal format.
Key Topics Covered:
- Color wheel and Colour Harmony and Discord: Master different colour wheels and the art of creating visually harmonious or deliberately discordant color schemes. Understand the role of colour relationships and how to manipulate colour effectively.
- Color Mixing Techniques: Move beyond basic color mixing to create nuanced and sophisticated colour palettes.
- Practical Applications: Apply theoretical knowledge through hands-on projects, critiques, and discussions to support and develop newfound insights into students creative practice.
Materials:
*MUST HAVE MATERIALS!
-Primary magenta (Golden Acrylic)
-Primary Cyan (Golden Acrylic)
-Primary Yellow (Golden Acrylic)
-Titanium white
-Carbon black
-Painters tape
-Ruler
-Eraser
-Stanely knife (x-acto blade)
-compas
-journal (mixed media paper) A4 size minimum
-binder medium
I also recommend the below materials in addition to the materials above if possible
-Alizarin crimson or Cadmium red deep
-Pyrrole Red or Cadmium red medium or naphthol crimson
-Diarylide yellow Cadmium Yellow medium (hue or not hue)
-Hansa Yellow or Cadmium Yellow light (hue or not hue)
-Ultramarine Blue
-Cerulean Blue
– Liquitex Prism Violet
– Liquitex Light Green Permanent
– Liquitex Cadmium Orange hue
LECTURERS
Osvaldo Budet is a Puerto Rican artist and graduate of Maryland Institute of College of Art, where he completed his Masters in Fine Arts in painting under Grace Hartigan. His work explores the physical and political dimensions of colonization and post-colonization, as a reflection of the culture and the interests of the systems we inhabit. Since 2008 he has been living and working in Berlin, Germany, San Juan, Puerto Rico, NYC, USA and Australia. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and residencies including a fellowship at the Hanse-Wissenchaftskolleg for Advanced Study, Germany, the Leipzig International Art Program, Museo del Barrio de Santurce residency and he was the pilot artist for the German Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Arctic residency. His work has been exhibited at Museums including the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico), Museo Arte de Puerto Rico, Me Collectors Room Berlin, Stiftung Olbricht, BMW/ Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture Museum, Chicago, USA, Museum of art of Fort Lauderdale, USA, MOLAA Museum, Long Beach California, USA and Dumbo Arts Center, NYC, USA among others. His work has also been included in gallery exhibitions at LAB Eigen+Art, Berlin, MOMENTUM, Berlin, Germany, Kunstwerk-Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany, Black and White Gallery, New York, USA, Walter Otero Gallery, Puerto Rico and the De la Cruz collection. He has been commissioned to create environmentally-engaged work for the Umweltbundesamt, Dessau, Germany and Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico.
Chelsea Lehmann is a painter who lives and works on Gadigal land (Sydney). Lehmann has an exhibition history spanning two decades, and has received numerous awards, grants, and international residencies. Her current work explores the representation of the human body, specifically focusing on its fragmentation and evolving meanings in the 21st century. The surfaces of Lehmann’s painting frequently employ a palimpsest of painted layers, allowing earlier traces of work to remain visible. Utilising dramatic formal contrasts and painterly gesture, Lehmann emphasises the performativity and artifice of Baroque and surrealist bodies, echoing the way Western art has traditionally grafted constructs of feminine identity onto the illusions of representation itself. Lehmann’s work offers creative interventions which ‘undo’ these constructs by imaging the the female form in conflict with painting’s weighty history and stable surfaces. Lehmann holds a PhD from UNSW Art & Design (2019).
ARTIST REFERENCES
Johannes Itten
Josef Albers
Albert H. Munsell
Mary Gartside
