1. Discuss what you thought about creating the Value Scale and Color Wheel.
Creating the value scale and color wheel was a good intro activity to using different materials. People taking this class may not be familiar with paints or charcoal that much. Mixing colors for the wheel didn't turn out the way I thought it should, but then I didn't think primary colors were magenta, yellow, and cyan, either. I really hope I did the assignment correctly. The value scale made me realize that the amount of pressure you put on your material is crucial, especially with charcoal. Just the smallest bit of too much pressure will make it black.
2. Which media did you enjoy working with the best and why?
I personally enjoy using charcoal better than paints. My personal opinion, is that there is more power between black and white art. Color is great, but painting can be frustrating, when I feel charcoals, you can smudge around with your finger, and make it what you want, or erase it if you make a mistake.
3. What was the most important discovery in the creation of these studies?
An important discovery was that the primary colors were magenta, yellow, and cyan. The cyan and magenta is supposed to make blue according to the professor's instructions, but it looks more purple to me, no matter what you do to it. Mixing colors to make other colors is always a neat concept to work with.
4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos for this project? What is your opinion of the videos?
Relief printing is a method I never really heard of before, so that video was interesting. It seems like a time consuming process, but the art results are very unique. The charcoal/graphite video was a little dull, but it got the point across for what needed to be done. The painting one was great, because it showed every single step and fast forwarded mixing the colors together, etc.
