Notan Painting: How to Ensure Success in Two Minutes Unit Five

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Notan Painting: How to Ensure
Success in Two Minutes
Unit
Five
Color & Edge
Notan
Barry John Raybould, MA
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Notan Painting: How To Ensure Success In Two Minutes
Unit Five
Table of Contents
Color notan painting ...................................................................................................................... 3
Creating a Color Notan Painting .................................................................................................... 4
Edge Notan Painting ...................................................................................................................... 5
Creating Edge Notans .................................................................................................................... 6
Unit Five Assignments ..................................................................................................................8
Assignment One: Color study .................................................................................................. 8
Assignment Two: Color evaluation ......................................................................................... 9
Assignment Three: Edge notan paintings from the masters .................................................. 10
Assignment Four: Edge notan paintings from imagination ................................................... 11
Assignment Five: Edge notan paintings from life ................................................................. 12
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COLOR NOTAN PAINTING
Description A color notan painting is a very quick small mass notan painting that consists of
just a few, perhaps four or five, color spots of approximately the right size and
placement. This quick painting helps you work out a major color strategy
quickly. Usually, I will use it to work out what gray to use to best show off my
main color accent. As with a mass notan painting, the contour is not important.
You use this type of mass notan when:
♦ the strongest element of your design strategy is a color harmony rather than
an interesting shape pattern. Create one a monochrome notan painting in
addition to the color notan in order to check out the shapes.
♦ the values in your design are all very close and the main interest is a harmony
of color spots.
Examples
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CREATING A COLOR NOTAN PAINTING
Materials Paper
Almost any paper will do. The thickest papers are better since they do not
buckle as much. I do not gesso the paper and just use my regular notan sketch
book (Strathmore 400-I medium 80lb (130 g/m) white drawing paper).
Paint
Just use your regular oil paint with no medium
Steps Use the same size as your regular mass notan paintings, and just paint on your
sketch pad. Paint the gray background first very thinly and then add your more
saturated color spots on top of the gray background using slightly thicker paint.
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EDGE NOTAN PAINTING
Description The edge notan painting is a special type of mass notan painting that dies not
consist of just flat shapes as the with regular mass notan painting, but instead
has some of the edges between the shapes blended. You can use it to explore
certain types of edges. In particular, it is good for exploring a very slow edge.
By slow edge, I mean an edge that only gradually transitions from one value to
another. A good example of a slow edge is the gradual transition in value in a
large body of water from the water close to you to the water at the horizon. Do
not use this type of notan to explore all your edges, just one or two major slow
ones.
Examples
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STEP-BY-STEP:
CREATING EDGE NOTANS
The edge notan painting is a special
type of mass notan painting that dies
not consist of just flat shapes as the
with regular mass notan painting, but
instead has some of the edges between
the shapes blended. You can use it to
explore certain types of edges. In
particular, it is good for exploring a
very slow edge. By slow edge, I mean
an edge that only gradually transitions
from one value to another. A good
example of a slow edge is the gradual
transition in value in a large body of
water from the water close to you to
the water at the horizon. Do not use
this type of notan to explore all your
edges, just one or two major slow
ones.
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Do this:
Avoid this:
In this example the main
masses were established
clearly before creating the
transitional values. No
minor value shapes are
shown.
In this example, the main
values were not established
before
creating
the
transitions. Also, small
focal point details were
added far too early in the
development
of
the
painting. Since they are not
part of the main value
structure, they should be
omitted at the notan stage.
Cautions
♦ Do not put in minor details. It is very easy to get caught in
the trap of seeing something in your scene that interests
you, and depicting it in the notan painting, even though it
plays only a minor role in the value structure of the composition.
Do this:
Avoid this:
minor detail
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STEP-BY-STEP:
CREATING EDGE NOTANS
(CONTINUED)
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Step one
Draw a two value notan using flat shapes.
In this procedure, we are creating an
edge notan painting from this painting
by JMW Turner.
Tip
♦ Squint to see the overall average value and to avoid seeing
too many small value shifts.
Step two
Immediately soften the edge using the next higher value ink
brush to create the transition.
Tip
♦ You can also use your finger to help make the transition
Caution
The secret to creating a good edge
notan painting is to use the right ink
and paper. Some combinations work
much better than others. If you use the
wrong combination, the ink dries too
quickly and becomes blotchy, and you
do not get smooth gradations of value.
smoother.
♦ You can create a smoother transition if you create the edge
while the underpainting is still wet (work quickly!).
Step three
Add the third value (if needed by the composition).
Setting expectations
Do not expect to become a master at
this quickly. You need months of
practice in mass notan paintings
before you will be able to do these
edge notan paintings well.
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Step four
Immediately soften the edge as before.
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UNIT FIVE ASSIGNMENTS
ASSIGNMENT ONE: COLOR STUDY
What to do Create five color notan paintings based on any subject matter.
What to submit to ♦ A photograph of two of your color studies.
your instructor for
(color_study1.jpg, color_study2.jpg)
review
Examples of what
to submit
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ASSIGNMENT TWO: COLOR EVALUATION
What to do Find two of your old paintings and do three variations of color notan for each of
them.
Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to see if you can come up with a better color
harmony than your original painting.
What to submit to ♦ A photograph of each of the three variations for one of the paintings.
your instructor for
(color_variation1.jpg, color_variation2.jpg, color_variation3)
review
♦ A photograph of the original painting.
(color_original.jpg)
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ASSIGNMENT THREE: EDGE NOTAN PAINTINGS FROM THE MASTERS
What to do Find two JWM Turner paintings on the internet and create an edge notan
painting based on each one.
What to submit to ♦ A photograph of each of the two edge notan paintings.
your instructor for
(edge_master1.jpg, edge_master2.jpg)
review
♦ A photograph of each of the original paintings from which you created the
mass notan paintings (if you used different examples from the ones provided.
(edge_turner1.jpg, edge_turner2.jpg)
Example of what to
submit
edge_turner1.jpg
edge_master1.jpg
Examples of Turner
paintings
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ASSIGNMENT FOUR: EDGE NOTAN PAINTINGS FROM IMAGINATION
What to do Create three edge notan paintings from your imagination.
What to submit to ♦ A photograph of each of your three edge notan paintings created from your
your instructor for
imagination.
review
(edge_imagination1.jpg, edge_imagination2.jpg, edge_imagination3.jpg)
Examples of what
to submit
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ASSIGNMENT FIVE: EDGE NOTAN PAINTINGS FROM LIFE
What to do Create three edge notan paintings from any subject matter.
What to submit to ♦ A photograph of each of your three edge notan paintings created from subject
your instructor for
matter.
review
(edge_life1.jpg, edge_life2.jpg, edge_life3.jpg)
Examples of what
to submit
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Unit Five
COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT : NOTAN UNIT FIVE
For:..................................................................................................................
Plans color strategy
effectively using color
notan painting
1
Uses appropriate
size
1
Strong
Good
Some
Weak
Strong
Good
Comments and
suggestions for
improvement
2, 4, 5
Limits transitions to
major edges
3, 4, 5
Creates smooth
transitions
3, 4, 5
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Application
competency level
achieved to date
1
Uses appropriate
level of detail
Plans major edges
effectively using edge
notan painting
Some
Competency
Use these
assignments
to improve:
Weak
Recognition
competency level
achieved to date
Date: .......................
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