color that sings day 3 - pattern that moves
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George Birline*
Color that Sings Day 3
What makes pattern “move?”
Asheville Art MuseumGlenn Hirsch, Instructor
Pattern is a universal language
Evenly space, repeated rhythms
Deborah Oropallo
Staggered, uneven rhythms
Pattern is created by repetition
Repetition creates rhythm
Variety of rhythm
Fast, slow
Simple, complex
Repetition creates rhythm(s)
Simple and regular – sounds like a Buddhist “gong” Complex and uneven – like jazz “bebop”
Left: Josef AlbersRight; Grove Robinson Blanche*
Two rhythms at once:
The singular circle againstthe even repetition of thedashed diagonals
photograph
photograph
More complex ...
photograph
Still more complex ...
Now with organic and geometric shape
Gustave Klimt, 1905
M.C. Escher
Positive and Negative Shape is another kind of rhythm
White shapes on a black background?
Or black shapes on a white background?
Seeing both at the same time creates energy!
Ryan Lee Smith*
Jackson Pollock
Franz Kline
Graham Sutherland
How can we talk about abstraction?
We don’t know what shapes in an abstraction are, but we know the mood they suggest.
The artist evokes feeling with:
-Light (dramatic light)
-Color (varieties of warm/cool)
-Pattern (repetition of shape)
Sarah Sense*
Mark RothkoHelen Frankenthaler
Joseph Fiore*
George Bireline*
Helen Frankenthaller
Frank Lobdell
John Singer Sargent watercolor Joan Mitchell oil
We can get ideas for abstraction by taking
Nature out of context
Jose Bernal*
Use your imagination!
You don’t have to follow the photograph!
No one will see the photo, only your painting.
The photo is only a catalyst to get you dreaming.