With these pieces I feel I have to say that these were my at most Favorite pieces to do in this class. Not only did I 'master' gouache, a medium which at the beginning of the class I hated with a passion. I was able to see the color differently, I could see where it changed and blended together now. Now one might notice that all of the portraits are missing a vital piece, their eyes. This was an artistic choice, and one that I will stand by, adding eyes in would have provided to much distraction from the color itself. I wanted the viewer to see just the color, and not the details.
Learning to do this project was very interesting. Not only did one have to think about what to do, they had to think about what colors, and how to get the idea across. Creating a 3-D form was not easy, it was a challening experience that gives you the chance to look at something differently!
Learning to mix color can be tricky at times and for our practice we used simple sculpey clay and the Faber Birren Triangle.
My sculpey colors where white, black and red. I started with the tints side of the triangle and using half white and half red I created the clean tint; Then with one step to the right, I created a more pink/white color and a step to the left I created a color close to pure red. This same process occurred when going from white to gray to black, and from black to a rich shade then the pure color and again when going from the three corners towards the mellow tone in the middle. This activity was very hands on and made the demonstration of mixing colors not only fun, but educational. It also did not come with all the mess of painting, which makes it a great way to teach color mixing to children!
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