Why the Hulk wears purple pants

Purple Pants

Itten'c Color Contrasts

Color Link

Hmwrk #5

Redraw the first drawing from the subway using the line quality of the second drawing.

Visitation Example

Brown

Projects #2&3

Prompt

Hmwrk #4

Mark is the essence of drawing. The primal language used in mark making can be wielded in different ways. It can be a bridge connecting the basic emotions of an artist to a viewer through a shared sense of movement or many movements. Body language and gesture are as strong a part of culture and communication as verbal language. Mark is this communication recorded. Imagine walking up to a stranger and slowly sticking up your middle finger. Now imagine doing it to a friend with a goofy smile on your face. Mark visually excites and connects with the viewer and describes many possible emotions or states of being. 

It can communicate a journey, a narrative, the passage of time, a poetic moment, or an epic battle. What does a mark describing a moment of grief look like as opposed to one of anger, a state of arousal? What is a humorous mark? A serious one? What does the mark of a lyrical dance look like or one that describes your journey through college so far?

Create a single, large 4 to 5 foot mark using ink or wet media and an alternative tool such as a broom, a rag, or even your hand. NO BRUSHES! This mark should describes an emotional or narrative journey.

Really consider your one act of mark making here. Consider the scale, surface, thickness, line weight and quality. Make it engaging and interesting.

Below are artists that you should research before making your mark.

Cy Twombly

Jackson Pollock

Brice Marden

Martin Pureyor

Lee Krasner

Joan Mitchell

Helen Frankenthaller

Robert Mangold

Doris Salcedo “Shibboleth”

Rebecca Warren

Janine Antoni “Brush”

Yves Klien

Jean Miro

Sean Scully

Paul Klee

Barnett Newman

Franz West

Mark Bradford 

Gerhard Richter