Friday, September 21, 2012

Material Exploration


I will admit that at first I laughed about doing this project. Once I began doing the value scale I realized it's actually a little harder than it appears. To get it to look "right"I  had to try a couple of times. My brother, who is a technology teacher, showed me that gently smudging can also produce a nice effect from light to dark. Smudging helped me achieve the right progression from light to dark. I enjoyed working with the acrylic paints. The value scale was a bit ahrder for me and I didn't like the feel of using the pencil to press hard for the darkest color. The paint was more of a relaxing medium for me.


I realized that making the color wheel and value scale is a lot harder than it looks. I suppose this is how artists feel when they are trying to achieve the perfect color.



The video on the color wheel showed me how to use just a tiny dabble of each color to mix with each other. My first try I used way to muc, I had to go back and rewatch the video because my original colors were "goopy"



I liked the videos from McGraw-Hill. They were very informative but short and to the point. Also the speaker was very clear and easy to understand. The picture image was also good and I like how the website is organized.








No comments:

Post a Comment