Well... I started my value scale at about eleven thirty at night, thinking it would take me less than half an hour. When I finished my scale, it was almost one o'clock. I was unsatisfied with two attempts, so the photo on here was my third attempt at creating a value scale! The color wheel was much more fun and playful, took me back to feeling like a kid again.
2. Which media did you enjoy working with the best and why?
I definitely had a preference towards the watercolors over the charcoal by the time I was done. I usually enjoy charcoal, and I have a few portraits at home I have created using charcoal, but a blend of a few different kinds of charcoal. For the scale I was trying to stick with one, compressed charcoal, and drawing on a separate sheet and transferring it using a blending stump for the lighter values. The water colors were simple to mix and I was pleased with the result.
3. What was the most important discovery in the creation of these studies?
While I was creating my color wheel, I was messing around with colors on other sheets of paper too. I was trying the techniques from the 'How to Mix Colors' video. I like the Wet-in-Wet mixing, and tried using it, mixing several pairs of colors. Each pair of colors reminded me of something, red and blue reminded me of the sky, as well as cotton candy, blue and green reminded me of water, and the earth, and yellow and green brings a grassy field type of feeling. I discovered that I really like the use of watercolors, and the bright playfulness of them!
4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos for this project? What is your opinion of the videos?
I liked the end of the watercolor video, where he explained how he mixed the blacks, and how you could add other colors and gray them out. I think I would use that, its good information to know. Both of the videos were very helpful. Unfortunately, I didn't watch the value step scales video until after I had started my value scale. After watching the video, I'm convinced I would have liked the results better if I had used pencil as opposed to charcoal.
Well, I for one think your value scale came out perfectly! I was a bit frustrated at creating it as well and I used a pencil - I just felt like I couldn't get it perfect and that bothered me! I also enjoyed the watercolors in your wheel. I think your's turned out really well and I like the brighness of the colors. I bought a kit with darker colors and didn't noticed until I started painting. It definitely made me feel like a kid again too!
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