Color Studies

For this project, I chose to do different styles of sunglasses. The first thing I did was look up the different styles and chose which color composition I can use for each of them. Then once I had the ones I wanted to do, I drew them out on a sheet a paper. I drew them again on bristol paper that I cut into 6, 5"x5" piece. Once I did that, I collected the supplies I needed, which only was the paints (Primary, Secondary, and the different shades of blue that I wanted. After that I started painting which made it a little easier having them already drawn on.

From this project I learned that I am not the best painter. Also I learned that it having everything mapped out makes things easier and go by faster. Other things I learned are what colors go well with each other and patients. I definitely learned a little patients when I had to wait for the paint to dry before I could put the other colors on.

All in all I kind of liked this project. My favorite one is the bottom left sunglasses with the yellow and yellow-green colors. all the other ones I would definitely like to change if time permitted, especially the bottom right one. They where these sunglasses that I found made of wood, and it looked better when I drew it.

Color and Culture Matters

The article I chose is called Color and Culture Matters. It focused on the color green and what it meant in different times and different places of the world. It mentioned that in the 15th century green symbolized fertility. Also it mentioned that in this century it symbolized "heightened sexuality" which is why on commercials the girl M&M candy is green and acts "sexy."

From reading the article I learned that I have to be careful about what colors I choose for different designs and advertisements. The color I choose are depending on who and what kind of culture I am making it for. The article also mentions that white is a color of mourning in China, so I would be careful of how I use the color white if I am making something for people who are from that country. It even slightly mentions that color effect different moods, so I would have to watch out for that as well.

http://www.colormatters.com/culturematters.html

Texture Project

This project, I must admit, was fairly hard. It took a lot of my time but I was able to complete it, by God's grace. I chose to do the "Flower Carrier" by Diego Rivera, a famous mexican artist. The first thing I did was print out the picture and wrote on it, saying what I wanted to use for each part, as far as material and whether it was going to be actual and or visual texture. Then once I got the supplies I cut the matting board to its right size and drew the picture in pencil to map it out. The next thing I did was work on the visual texture using adobe photoshop and illustrator. That was a little difficult. I found pictures of grass, dirt, hair, and different fabrics that would stand out as texture. I made them into patterns in photoshop and then changed the color to match the painting. I also made a check list and marked off each piece of the painting I finished, which helped tremendously.

Next I started to make the actual texture. I cut out each piece and tried to make as much detail as possible using string and black velvet. I tried to match it up with what I had mapped out. As for the basket I cut up a scarf and folded it into the basket shape and super glued it together so it would stay. Then lastly, I glued everything down starting with the background and the hands. Positioning and gluing everything down was quite tricky I must say, but it all worked out for the most part.

From this project I definitely learned time management. I practically worked non-stop on this project even during some of my practices. I learned to sacrifice some things so I could get my work done, and not be procrastinate. It also taught me about managing my priorities and showed me what hard work and good time management can do. Although, time-premitted, I would change/fix some things like the leaves, the skirt, and the faces.