Week 4 - Color Wheel/Value

This week, our objective was to create a color wheel and a value scale.  I was initially surprised when we were asked to use cyan, magenta, and yellow paint instead of red, blue and yellow.  It was interesting to see a "real" color wheel.  I have made several value scales in the past...  it is always so hard to get the final couple boxes to look right!

I liked working with paints.  There is something so satisfying about finally mixing the correct color after fiddling around for so long.  Furthermore, for some reason, I find working with color much more fun than working with black and white.

The most important discovery (and I'm pretty sure this will be the same for the entire class) was that our thought of a traditional color wheel is wrong.  "Red, blue, and yellow" is all I have heard since I started learning about art.  Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta is definitely a new concept.

In addition, the information about the color wheel is also the most important thing I learned from the videos.  I really enjoyed these videos!  They were simple, straightforward, and extremely easy to follow...  and best of all, they were short!  They definitely kept my attention span.