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Value Contrast: exploring the grey areas with Annie Cicale
Wednesday, October 05 and Thursday, October 06, 2011 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Lakewood Center, Lake Oswego
$125 PSC members
$150 non-members
Traditional text consists of black letters on white paper, but the most exciting presentations include all the shades between. This design workshop will increase your understanding of color principles by focusing on one aspect of it—value. We will work not only with black and white, but with color as well, in a variety of media to fine tune these concepts. You'll become aware of how masses of text appear on the page, and the impact this has on the meaning of the work. This workshop is ideal for students who are seeking to be more expressive in their presentations, but lack the training to know where to begin.
Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced students
Objectives: In my teaching, I find that students of both lettering and painting know what value is, but haven't begun to study its implications in their work. You can read about these principles, but until you recognize them in work that your own hands have done, they don't really become a part of you. These exercises bring specific typographic and calligraphic concepts to a new level of understanding. Each student makes a small workbook with experiments in texture, color, letterweight, gradation and other aspects of Value.
