Mountain Layers on beer box flats

This portfolio explores colour value gradients with monochromatic and/or analogous schemes.

Design Parameters and Criteria

Colour Scheme: monochromatic or analogous

Subject: mountain layer landscape with four values (3 layers and sky) 

Medium: acrylic on 10" x 15.5" liquor store flat box bottom

Formal Intention: compose value study, mix colour, push paint, create the illusion of atmospheric perspective

Format: landscape or portrait

Linear Layout: symmetry, dynamics, direction, parallel, focal point, size, shape, intersections, pattern, repetition, high and low points

Paint Application: lost and found edges, texture, painterly or linear, 

Elements of Art: texture, form, space, shape, colour, value, line,  www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elements_of_art

Value Contrast: subject and ground, negative space

Title: thematic exploration or concept

What else can I do to compel engage and evoke the audience? 

Design Analysis Process

1. Make a thumbnail sketch in four values that match the four values in the painting. 

2. Squint your eyes and look and note the range of values in the painting.

3. Now draw the image with only two values. Squint your eyes and transpose four values into two values to see the big overall light and dark value composition. This is often referred to as figure/ground or positive/negative space. (4 values -> 2 values)

4. Next make thumbnails that transpose the four values in the painting into several variations of three values. (4 values -> 3 values)