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| Mid-Twentieth Century American Playground 2 Matthew D. Hughes Gouache on Bristol 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches 2011 |
The second entry into my Playground series is an abstraction of a spring found on a teeter totter. The cubist abstraction was a stylistic requirement of the assignment. Prior to this painting, I have never worked with cubism before; my style of choice is normally realism. Designing a composition incorporating cubist elements was actually quite enjoying. Working in a different style that is more about abstraction can actually be quite liberating. Instead of being so preoccupied with correct proportion, I was able to work more intuitively.
Johannes Itten's theory of color contrast employed in this painting is Light/Dark Contrast. Through tinting, shading, and toning, contrast in color is achieved. Although I have created a light/dark contrast in a monochromatic (only one color used) painting, light/dark contrast can also be achieved in a polychromatic (multiple colors) painting.
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