Planes of Color

Iteration 2:

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Iteration 4:

Final Model:

The six colors in the photos above were derived from Van Gogh's painting "A Wheatfield with Cypresses." The percentages of each color within the painting were calculated and proportional planes were formed. In the base model, all the planes were put together using simple butt joints. Each different orientation of the structure allows you to see two faces straight-on. In each of the next three iterations, the planes in one orientation were shifted each time, forming a new and different structure. Each iteration started back at the original model. In the final model, all three shifts are combined.

Tile Board

This project started out as Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet. I broke the painting down into its basic colors and calculated the percentages of those colors on the painting using basic geometric shapes and calculations. After that was done, I wanted to make something from that that was fun and interactive (something that many of Van Gogh's works seem to lack, being drab and depressing for the most part). This peg board with colored tiles seemed to be the best way to take the essence of Van Gogh's masterpiece and transform it into something fun. After I constructed and painted everything, I asked my classmates to help me out by making their own designs on the board, and this was the result! I don't think I could have asked for a better result.

Thank you to everybody who contributed to my project by creating their very own design!

Landscape at Twilight

Using Van Gogh's Landscape at Twilight, I created a system to estimate the percentage of the six most prevalent colors in the painting.  I created a 1/8" grid system over the painting and counted the percentage of colors in each horizontal row across the painting.  The two graphs demonstrate this process.  The first set of circle graphs corresponds to each row, starting in the top left corner with the first row, and ending with the last circle in the bottom right corresponding with the lowest row in the painting.  This graph was hand-printed using a silkscreen.  The second graph is a bar graph with a similar pattern,  with the left most set of bars relating to the first row in the painting.  Joel Beeby

Color Study Project - Final Painting

Final color study project. Painting with acrylic on a 3' x 4' canvas. I based my color study project off of Van Gogh's Cafe at Night.

An upclose shot of the colors and shapes on the canvas.

Rye-guy and codester!