my thoughts on color wheel assignment

VALUE SCALE AND COLOR WHEEL

Submitted by Smith, Jesse (smithjd03) on 9/24/2011 10:51:17 PM

1.     I FOUND THE COLOR WHEEL MUCH EASIER THAN THE VALUE SCALE.  I COULDN'T GET THE RIGHT RATIO OF VALUE AND KEPT HAVING TO DARKEN THE FIRST BOXES I DID!  IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE DIFFERENT COLORS ARE CREATED THROUGH MIXTURE. 2.     I ENJOYED THE ACRYLICS MUCH MORE.  THEY WERE SO MUCH EASIER TO BLEND AND MANIPULATE TO ME.  PERHAPS I CHOSE THE WRONG GRADE PENCIL...I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH VARIATION  OR VALUE. 3.     PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY I FOUND WAS THAT EVEN THE VALUE SCALE CHANGED MY MOOD.  THE DARKER VALUES WERE MORE SOMBER AND EERIE AND THE LIGHTER VALUES WERE MORE AWAKENING, MORE INVITING. 4.     I DIDN'T KNOW THAT RED AND BLUE ARE CONSIDERED TOO DARK TO BE PRIMARY COLORS AND THAT MAGENTA AND CYAN ARE USED NOW.  I LIKED THE VIDEOS.  THEY WERE VERY INFORMATIVE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIme