12 Hue color wheel

Color has three distinct properties:
Hue: spectral color name
Value: lightness or darkness
Saturation: brightness or dullness

STUDENT EXAMPLES:

FALL, 2009
SPRING, 2010
FALL, 2010
SPRING, 2011

Helpful links:

DIVIDE A CIRCLE FOR YOUR COLOR WHEEL, (this is my video I uploaded to youtube for your project)

How to divide a circle into 12 equal parts? YOUTUBE

How to find the center of a circle? YOUTUBE

How do divide a circle? various methods

Project: 12 Hue Color Wheel


Concept:
To design a twelve hue color wheel using color-aid paper. Design expectations and criteria will be discussed in class.

Materials:
-Illustration Board (use a Box Cutter to cut your illustration board). Stanley is a good brand.
-Ruler / Straight edge for marking and cutting straight lines
-Protractor
-Compass
-Rubber cement
-Razor knife (preferably, exacto)
-Color-aid paper
-Imagination


Rules:
1) You may only use the materials listed above.
2) Use only 12 colors based on the color circle.
3) You may be inventive with the shapes of each hue.
4) Canvas Size: 10 x 10, Image size 9 x 9 (if your design calls for a larger size, please discuss with me prior to cutting)



Approach:

COLOR: Fine a true blue, red and yellow (primary colors) then find a “perfect orange, green and purple (secondary colors). Imagine mixing the two primaries together, what would that color be? Same applies to the tertiary colors. Here you are to imagine mixing a primary with a secondary. What would that color be? For example, red and orange make reddish orange.

DESIGN: Break a circle into 12 equal parts by researching and experimenting with various methods (see helpful links above). Allow your design to evolve from process of trials and error. What this means is, at the same time you are dividing the circle into parts, pay attention to the natural designs that may occur during the process. Try tweaking the design by adding or editing lines or shapes. Are there planes that create a 3-dimensional feel? Is there a natural beautiful symmetrical design evolving? Can you incorporate one of your initial ideas (preliminary sketches) into the "already existing" design.

Grading:

Craftsmanship
- use of media, neatness
Creativity
-Originality, problem solving,
Completion
-Does the project seem complete and developed/evolved?