COLOR RELATIONSHIPS

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This course introduces students to color theory. Through readings and exercises, students develop an understanding of how color relationships affect or perceptions of color. Works and writings by many artists are studied, with particular focus on the work of twentieth-century abstract expressionist painter and teacher Hans Hofmann. Using acrylic paint, students do a series of formal color exercises and painting projects throughout the semester, with a painting as the semester's final project. (4 credits) spring