VLQ: What Do You See?
Ironically, the last question from the Visual Literacy Quiz is typically the starting place for most of my instruction. Why? Because this diagram…
Read MoreIronically, the last question from the Visual Literacy Quiz is typically the starting place for most of my instruction. Why? Because this diagram…
Read MoreWell, we know from the last post that the painting B, on the right, is ‘Guernica’ painted by Pablo Picasso in 1937….
Read MorePainting A is the ‘Annunciation’ – 1472-1475 by Leonardo Da Vinci. Painting B is ‘Orange Diagonal’ – 2008 by Ellsworth Kelly. Painting C…
Read MoreFirst, the Division in Extreme and Mean Ration (DEMR) is a proportional relationship discovered by Euclid * and documented in his book…
Read MoreSome rectangles are more fun than others, mathematically, especially for design. They are known as the Root Rectangles or the Golden Section Series. …
Read MoreTopology: Part III As we learned in the Topology: Part II post, one of the Primary Shapes is a Square. A square…
Read MoreSo we learned here that, according to Traditional Color Theory and the color wheel, the Complement to Red is Green. Traditional Color Theory…
Read MoreHopefully these demonstrations will resolve any lingering doubts about the idea that Red + Green = Yellow. So, how does this all relate…
Read MoreYes, Red + Green = Yellow. There is a very good reason why this sounds so counterintuitive and we’ll get to that soon….
Read MoreLooking forward to this Spring. In mid April I’ll be teaching a color workshop for the docents and guides at The Barnes…
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