10 STEP VALUE SCALE

- WHILE CREATING THIS SCALE, I FOUND IT MOST DIFFICULT TO MOST EFFICIENTLY TAPER THE VALUES FROM TRUE WHITE TO THE CLOSEST TRUE BLACK I COULD CREATE. IN ORDER TO ASSIST ME, I FIRST COLORED IN THE FIRST 3 BOXES AFTER WHITE. THEN AFTER FILLING IN MY BLACK TILE, I COLORED IN THE LAST 3 BOXES ABOVE IT. THIS LEFT ME WITH JUST 2 TILES, ONE JUST SLIGHTLY DARKER THAN THE OTHER. AFTER COLORING IN ALL MY TILES, I THEN REINFORCED THEIR VALUES BY SMUDGING MY PENCIL MARKINGS TO BLEND MY TILES INTO ONE ANOTHER. 

CMY/RGB COLOR WHEEL

- THIS WAS A FUN EXERCISE. I LOVE WORKING WITH COLORS, ESPCIALLY WITH PAINTS THAT I CAN MIX SO I WAS VERY EAGER TO MIX MY COLORS TOGETHER JUST LIKE THE PERSON IN THE VIDEO, I LOVE THE FINAL PRODUCT BECAUSE IT CLEARLY EXHIBITS THE SAME IDEA AS THE VALUE SCALE. THE NOTION OF A GRADIENT, A FAMILY OF COLORS THAT SEAMLESSLY FLOW ONE INTO THE NEXT. 

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

- I ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE PAINT MOSTLY. BECAUSE I ENJOY THE HUES OF THE ACRYLICS AS OPPOSED TO THE SHADES OF A PENCIL. I ALSO LOVE THE EXPERIMENTATION OF COLOR MIXING AND COLOR CREATION.

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

- THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY HERE, FOR ME WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT ONE CAN CREATE RED GREEN AND BLUE FROM CYAN, MAGENTA, AND YELLOW. TO A GRAPHIC DESIGNER SUCH AS MYSELF, THIS IS A REMARKABLE THING TO LEARN ABOUT. IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, WE DESIGN IN RGB BUT WE NORMALLY MAKE PRINTS IN CMYK. I WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THESE WERE TWO ENTIRELY SEPARATE FAMILIES OF COLOR. SO TO REALIZE THAT ONE LIVES WITHIN THE OTHER WAS AMAZING TO ME.

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

- THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I LEARNED WAS THAT CYAN, MAGENTA, AND YELLOW ARE THE REAL PRIMARIES AS OPPOSED TO THE SCIENTIFIC BELIEF THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE RGB CONES IN OUR EYES, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY COLORS.