Week 5:

Finish your drawing on green paper if you haven't already. Review notes from the previous classes to get reminders on what to focus on and what to do to achieve the simultaneous contrast illusion.

For week 6, prepare two sheets of neon green paper and two sheets of neon pink paper (four sheets in all).

Week 4:

Finish your drawing on yellow paper if you haven't already.

Remember that the illusion will only occur if these two things happen simultaneously:

• The pure color of the toned paper is left in some areas
• Grey appears in some other areas
  • The tone of the grey matters, sometimes darker grey has more colorfulness, sometimes lighter grey. Observe as you draw what grey tone yields the most effective illusion.

For week 5, prepare a piece of green paper.

Week 3:

Finish your drawing on blue paper if you haven't already.

Simultaneous contrast: An optical illusion; the perception of a color changes based on its environment.

How to achieve simultaneous contrast in your drawing on toned paper:

• Keep your toned paper is areas of your drawing, related to the photo reference. It's important to keep the color of pure paper, otherwise the illusion will not appear.
• Use black pastel to darken the color of your paper.
• Use white pastel to lighten the color of your paper.
• Use different shades of grey (black and white mixed) to achieve the illusion (grey will appear to be the complementary color of your toned paper).
  • To know what color your grey will be perceived as, refer to the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow (CMY) color wheel, not the Red, Yellow, Blue (RYB) color wheel.

For week 4, prepare a piece of yellow paper.

Week 2:

Finish your drawing on red paper if you haven't already.

When drawing with black and white on toned paper:

• Don't mix the black and white pastels (grey)
• Utilize the color of your paper as a midtone and/or to represent a specific area
• Where you choose to use the color of the paper doesn't have to match the photo! Creative liberty!

Before week 3, prepare a piece of blue paper. It can be bright blue, baby blue, prussian blue, as long as you can see both black and white.

Week 1:

Finish your drawing on black paper if you haven't already.

What to keep in mind:

• The color of the paper becomes a specific color in your drawing, based on the photo reference
  • Based on what we did in class, the black paper represents the areas of deep shadow in the photo.
• Allow the colored paper to become a shortcut for you - do less!
• Build your tones with varied pressure

Before week 2, prepare a piece of red paper. Your red can be bright red, pinkish, orangish, pale. Just make sure you can visibly see both white and black on whatever shade of red. If you're painting paper, paint it at least 24 hours before the class.