Exercise 1.4. 3D colour chart. In this exercise we have to produce a series of colour chart working on the same group of objects in a variety of locations and lighting conditions, or working on a particular environment, a city or a street or a forest, observing and recording the colour we see in that place.

Below are my sketches for this exercise. I had to do color charts but I thought it would not make any harm if I would present the colours in drawings, not just in simple colour streaks or blocks. Then I used my collage app to check how the theme would look in larger scale. Though further below you can find my colour charts done in blocks. I have transformed them into abstract drawings as well.

Work in progress:

Another colour chart of garden fragment:

Some more colour charts for mimosa fragments below.

Blooming wisteria in the garden, the colour chart is below.

Reading points: Amy Sillman, “On Colour” in Raw, Isabelle & Lajer-Burcharth Ewa, (ed), 2016, Painting Beyond Itself, The Medium in the Post Medium Conditions, Berlin: Sternberg Press, p.103-116;

Reflection: “Colours”, George Szirties, 2013, Bad Machine, Northumberland: Blodaxe Books, p.10. online on http://www.oca.learn.co.uk

Below is my list of names for colours I have observed and introduced in my drawings above.

For blooming wisteria motives: The shade of green colour of young leaves I could name as Vivid, Vibrant, Crispy Fresh, Young, Naive; The white colour of flowers – Scented Snow, Milky Dew, Lakshmi White; The brown colour of branches and stems – Soft Earth, Pale Brownie;

For Mimosa motives: The blue colour of the sky – No Limit, Eternal, Happy Bright; The yellow colour of mimosa flowers – Fluffy Sun, Power Bright, Joyful Yolk; For the green colour of leaves- Wisdom green, Mother’s words, Rational happiness;

For red fabric and stone slate: The red colour of the fabric – Lakshmi Bride, Eternal Red, Lucky Strike; Power Mode; For grey shade – Caution, Timid step; For the white fabric colour – Cold vanilla milkshake, White Silver;

For the fragment of the brunch (red and yellow laves): for the dark red colour of the leaves – Serious Strong, No promise wise, Wine age; for the yellow colour of the leaves- Restrained Joy, Grown up;

Below is my poem “Garden walk”

I saw how Vibrant Vivid Crispy Fresh was kissing Scented Milky Dew

Naively waiting for a bliss as magic as Sri Lakshmi’s youth

Soft Earth was laughing, hiding eyes

in April’s time, cosmic truth

Another romance was so sweet

Between No Limit Happy Bright and

Naughty jumping Fluffy Sun

Her Mother’s wisdom green was whispering:

“Don’t cross the line, it’s so thin!”

Her mother begged:

“Don’t cross the line, don’t chase the fun!”

I’ve heard how Wine Age did open heart to Grown up

“No promise, wise…”, he said to her, “it’s Fall for us, au revoir …”