Material Exploration

1.    Discuss what you thought about creating the Value Scale and Color Wheel.

I thought the scale was simple to make. The only challenge was creating one box too dark then having to go back and darken up the previous box a little more to balance the scale. 

2.    Which media did you enjoy working with the best and why?

I actually enjoyed working with the acrylic paints the best because I genuinely like painting. I paint on my free-time usually in the summer. Mixing the colors is always an obstacle because I don’t know much about the color wheel or how to mix properly. Usually I try to mix what I think would make the color I’m looking for as I’m painting and 8/10 I never get the color I wanted originally the first time. 

3.    What was the most important discovery in the creation of these studies?

It has spread the facts about primary colors

4.    What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos for this project? What is your opinion of the videos?

I thought the color wheel was the most important piece of information that I took away from the two videos since I personally use acrylic paint more than I use pencil to sketch. However, each video taught me something new. I learned the term gradient which means the smooth transition from light to dark by using the 10-step scale. This scale requires control and careful measurement to determine value. In the color wheel video, I learned the primary colors are actually cyan, magenta, and yellow which produce the secondaries of red, green and blue that combine to make black.