color, space and movement

Daily watercolor painting #150

approx 5 x 81/2 on cold press

Today's painting goal was to follow up on a light bulb idea I got this morning to consider what would happen when using less predictable lines and color in a trajectory of objects. We know that to achieve spatial depth within a composition we can use incremental decreasing of objects size. What if we were to keep the objects a uniform size and focus on manipulating color, would there still be a spatial depth, movement in the composition? Could we compose a design that would still compel the viewer's eye to "roam around the painting?"....interesting and simple questions to use as a fun challenge for a color exercise. For ease and convenience I employed 3 colors, one pair of complements and white(which allowed for easy harmony within the composition) I used uniform shapes by outlining a quarter. For interest I gave subtle changes to the trajectory path of the shapes and finally for color I used one dramatic contrast and then I avoided further typical dramatic gradations in favor of "pushing the middle and light values"

Altogether an interesting color exercise that produces a simple picture and yet gives the viewer several points of interest.