- To start to create these paintings, acrylic paints were used for this project. Different colors were used for mixing and shading in the various paintings. Different thickness of brushes and different brush strokes were used to create both a sense of depth in the paintings and to create different feels the paintings portrayed. Also, the color wheel was looked at to understand the colors that needed to be used for the different color strategies. In the Color Mixing project, we used cameras to take the pictures of different color schemes such as complementary and monochromatic. Then we used iPad's to create colormixer images that reflex the colors in the pictures taken.
2. How did you use your skills of observation with these projects? How have these projects taught you to observe color?
- Observation was necessary in the project to notice the shades of the picture that needed to be expressed in the painting. Different depths in the picture translated into different shades of each color in the painting. In the Color Mixing project, you needed to notice and sometimes change around the colors in pictures that were taken. When you made the colormixer image on the iPad, the colors in the picture were copied onto the colormixer image to show the colors throughout the image.
