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C o l o r&C o m p o s i t i o n : S t u d yo fC o l o r M a r i aM e d i n a

T h ec o l o rw h e e lh a s1 2m a j o rh u e s o nt h ei n s i d ei sat i n to ft h eh u e a n do nt h eo u t s i d ei sas h a d e .F o r t h i sc o l o rw h e e lIt o o kp a i n t p a l e t t e sa n dc u tt h e mu p .U s i n gt h e p a l e t t e sw a se a s i e s tf o rm eb e c a u s e y o ud o n ’th a v et ow o r r ym u c ha b o u t h o wy o u ’r em i x i n gt h ep a i n t s .

ColorWheel

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Idecidedtoalsopaintmyowncolorwheelstillusingthe samehuesIdidinthefirstwheel.OnetroubleIfacedwith thismethodwascreatingtheshades.Someoftheshadeshad tomuchblackmixedintothem,whichmakesthemappearmuddy.

Thisisstillbenefiticalbecauseitisimportantforanartisit tobeabletocreatethesetintsandshadesandtellthemapart toincorporatethemintotheirwork.

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O b j e c t si n t oA c h r o m a t i cP l a n e s

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O b j e c t si n t oA c h r o m a t i cP l a n e s

T h i sa s s i g n m e n ta s k e dt ot a k e4o b j e c t sa n dc r e a t eas e r i e so f s t u d i e so nt h e m .T h ef i r s tw o u l do u t l i n et h es h a d o w sa n dh i g h l i g h t s o ft h ef i g u r ea n dn u m b e r i n gt h e m .F o rm ys t u d y1w a st h el i g h t e s ta n d 4w a st h ed a r k e s t .T h es e c o n ds t u d yw o u l db eas k e t c hi np e nu s i n g a n ys h a d i n gt e c h n i q u ey o ul i k e da n do n l yf o c u s i n go nt h el i g h t sa n d d a r k so ft h ef i g u r e .F o rm i n e ,Id e c i d e dt ou s et h ed o t t i n g t e c h n i q u e .T h e nt h el a s ts t u d yw o u l db et h ef i g u r ed r a w na g a i n ,b u t t h i st i m ei n s t e a do fu s i n gp e n ,y o uu s ep a i n tt os h o wt h es h a d o w s a n dh i g h l i g h t s .

T h i si sa ne n l a r g e dl o o ka tm y2 n dd r a w i n g o fa ni n kp e n .Iu s e dt h ed o tp e nm e t h o dt o s h a d eB yh a v i n gt h ed o t sb ec l o s e ra n dm o r e c r o w d e di nt o g e t h e r ,i ts h o w sh o wm u c hd a r k e r t h a ta r e ai s ,w h i l et h ea r e a sw i t h o u ta sm a n y d o t ss h o wh o wl i g h tt h es p o ti s .

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F u nW i t hL i n es T h en e x t3a r t w o r k ss h o w nf o c u so nl i n e sa n du t i l i z i n gt h e mt o c r e a t ei n t e r e s t i n gd e s i g n s .

F o rt h i ss p e c i f i cw o r k ,t h ea s s i g n e m n tw a st od e s i g nam a z ef r o m w h a t e v e rf i g u r eo rs h a p ey o uc o u l dc r e a t e .Ic h o s et ob a s em y m a z eo f fab u t t e r f l y ,u s i n gt h el i n e st oi m i t a t et h ew i n g p a t t e r n sf o u n do nm a n yb u t t e r f l i e s .T h i so n ew a sm o d e l e do f fa m o n a r c hb u t t e r f l y .

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Barcode Artwork

Thebarcodeassignmentcalledfor cuttinguppiecesofbarcodeand creatingacollage/designwith them.Mydesignisofabouquet, usingthepiecesofbarcodewith lesswhitespacetocreateshadows.

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FourColorSpectrum

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T h i sa s s i g n m e n tu s e sb o t ha s k s t ou s eb o t hl i n ea n dc o l o r .T o t a k e4d i f f e r e n tc o l o r sa n db e a b l et oc r e a t eas p e c t r u mw i t h t h o s e4c o l o r s .Iu s e d2s h a d e s o fb l u ea n d2s h a d e so fg r e e n t oc o m p l e t et h i sa r t w o r k .

H a v i n gt h el i g h t e rs h a d e sb e t h eb r i d g eo ft h e2d a r k e r s h a d e s .

ForthetwoAlbersassignmentsthemainfocuswasonthehuevalueof the colorsandtheirshapes.TheAlbersinteractionstudiesfocusedon howacolorcanappearmoreintensedependingonwhatcolorthey’re pairedupwith.InthenextpageistheAlberstransparanceassignment wherethegoalwastoshowthedifferencethehueofacolorcanmake.

Theresultisbestseenwhenseeninblackandwhite,inthe2ndrow thedarkerobjectappearstobeinfront,whileinthe3rdrowthe lighterobjectisinfront.Thepurposewastoforgetabouttheactual colorofthepaperandtoinsteadstudythehueofeachcolor.

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AlbersTransparence

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H u ea sV a l u e

T h eh u ea sv a l u ea s s i g n m e n th a du sn o tl o o ka tac o l o rf o ri t s c o l o r ,b u ti n s t e a df o ri t sv a l u eo nag r e ys c a l e .M yh u ea sv a l u e s c a l ea ss e e na b o v eo nt h er i g h ts i d eh a san o r m a lg r e ys c a l et h a t g o e sf r o mb l a c kt ow h i t e .O nt h el e f ti sa n o t h e rs c a l e ,a n dw h i l e i td o e s n ’tl o o kl i k ei tm a t c h e st h eg r e ys c a l ea ta l l ,i fy o u s e ei ti nb l a c ka n dw h i t ea ss h o w n ,y o us e et h a tt h eh u e sa r ev e r y s i m i l a r .

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T hi sa s s i g n m e n tw a st os e l e c to n ef i l m ,p e r f e r a b l yo n et h a th a san oteablecolor p al e t t ea n dt h e np i c k5c o l o r st h a tb e s tr e p r e s e n tt h em o v i e .A f t e rthatyouthen f ig u r eo u tt h es h a d e ,t i n ta n dt o n eo ft h e5c o l o r s .

Ic h o s et h em o v i e‘T h eG r a n dB u d a p e s tH o t e l ’ f o ri t ’sb e a u t i f u lpastelcolorsand m ix e so fp i n k sa n dn u e t r a lc o l o r ss u c ha sb r o w n .

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R e t i n a lS t u d i e s

T h er e t i n a ls t u d i e sarebasicallya s e r i e so fs t i l ll i fesandlandscape p a i n t i n g s .H o w e v e rforthesestudies w eh a dt of o c u so ncolorandlight, i n s t e a do ft h ed e t ailsintheobjects.

Re tina lS t u d y1

T hef i r s tt h r e ep a i n t i n g ss e e na r et h e s til ll i f ep a i n t i n g s .A ss e e nn o n eo ft h e o bje c t sh a dah a r do u t l i n eo fs t r o n gs h a d i n g t ech n i q u e s .I n s t e a dt h e r ei sad i f f e r e n c es e e n b etw e e nt h ed a r k sa n dl i g h t so ft h eo b j e c t s , b ase do nh o wm ye y es a wt h e m .N o tf o c u s i n g o nc r e a t i n ga ne x t r e m e l yd e t a i l e dp i e c e .

R e t i n a lS t u d y2

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T h en e x tt h r e ep a i n t i n g sa remylandscape s t u d i e s ,Id e c i d e dt op a i n tbuildingsas t h e i rg e o m e t r i cf o r mi se a siertoworkwith f o rt h i sa s s i g n m e n ta so p p osedtoatreeor f l o w e r s .J u s tl i k ef o rt h estilllifesthe m a i nf o c u sw a sh o wm ye y esawthelights a n dd a r k so ft h el a n d s c a p e ,withoutfocusing t oe v e r yl i t t l ed e t a i lt h a tIwould’ve i n i t i a l l yi n c l u d e d .

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