1. Expressive, Emotional Color

2. In other words: Psychological Color; color used to appeal to your senses, your psyche; to provoke a psychological reaction or emotion

3. Main Aspects to look for in an artwork: Format: the size/scale & materials used to create the work Subject Matter: the main person or object being represented Example: figure, landscape, line or shape Relationship between forms & space: figure-ground, dynamic between elements such as color, line, shape, texture, value Content: the main theme or underlying statement behind an artwork. *Iconography: symbols

4. Color can function both formally or expressively … Format: Subject: Relationship between forms & space: Content: How does COLOR contribute? Format: Subject: Relationship between forms & space: Content: How does COLOR contribute?

5. Format: painting on canvas Subject: rectilinear forms Relationship: shifts in value create 3D space; balance of light/dark creates light direction. Content: neutral, unemotional shapes in space How does COLOR contribute? The shifts in color & value create shapes & space and a sense of light direction. It’s monochromatic, smooth, opaque application lend itself to creating a sense of control and balance emotionally. Format: painting on canvas Subject: portraiture – human head Relationship: disjointed, ambiguous, raw, visceral mark-making, rich textures Content: implies anxiety, disturbed mental state of being How does COLOR contribute? The colors are a wide mixture of warm/cool, light/dark, opaque & transparent. The Manner in which they’re applied is “raw” and haphazard, contributing to it’s appearance of lacking control – provoking a sense of imbalance emotionally.

6. Harmony vs. Discord: Harmonious colors can create a pleasing effect, while discordant colors create unease in the viewer Jean Michel Basquiat’s painting Untitled from 1981

7. Franc Francis Bacon

8. Frances Bacon- Self-Portraits

9. Colors and their associations…

12. Edvard Munch’s The Sick Child 1896

14. Van Gogh’s Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles at Night

15. Paul Gauguin’s Le Christ Jaune Yellow Christ

17. Frances Bacon’s Study After Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X 1953; Oil on canvas, 60 1/4 x 46 1/2 in

18. Paul Gauguin Fatata te mipi (delectable waters), 1892 The white horse, 1898

19. Colors’ meaning can change, depending on the SUBJECT or the CONTEXT… Color can also direct the CONTENT of an artwork… Color has the power to imply multiple meanings & communicate different messages

20. Common Associations with Key Colors: Red / Red-Violet = Love, Passion Black / Grays = Anger, Emptiness Greens = Calm, Refreshing, Quiet Blues = Depressing Yellows / Oranges = Energy, Happiness

21. Alternative Associations with Key Colors: *Red ALSO signifies violence, blood (pain), anger, warning! *Black ALSO suggests mysterious, power, liberty *Green ALSO linked to jealousy, illness, poison *Blue ALSO associated with cleanliness, freshness *Yellow ALSO implies weakness, cowardly

22. Matisse’s The Joy of Life

23. Intro. to Today’s Exercise: Take a few snapshots in Photobooth Desaturate & Posterize in Photoshop Colorize in a Cool / Warm palette Note the results: does color change the mood, personality, content of your portrait?