Design I

Problem 3: Color Extraction

Topics: Local color, Local value


Materials: Bristol paper, acrylic paint - Ivory Black and Titanium White,
full page/full color photograph

Choose a full page, full color photograph from a magazine.
Repaint 20-25 percent of it in grays, following the original values so closely
that the area you have painted fits logically within the unpainted area.

Value means the degree of lightness or darkness reflected off a surface.
In this exercise, you will essentially extract color from your chosen area,
leaving only value.

If a well-done solution is photographed in black and white,
it should be very hard to distinguish the area painted in grays from the original.