Week 5 Homework
To prepare us to move into color painting, we were instructed to create value scales for red, green and blue. Each value scale contained 11 1.375" squares. We were instructed to put each scale about 1/2" from each other. I guess I should have guessed that we would be using the rest of the canvas for our next in-laws project.
I began by mixing my three middle tones. To do this scale, we had to use complimentary colors for the dark values. Since we had to create red and green for two of the scales, it just made sense to begin there. I started with the green scale. Each step required adding more and more red to get the next darker shade. At the end, in order to get black, I did have to add additional blue (a component of green). To finish the scale, I returned to the original green and used white to make lighter values. I repeated the process with the red, mixing green to get the darker reds and adding white to lighten the values.
This is as far as I managed to finish in the first round. It had taken about 2 1/2 hours to mix these 22 values.
The thing that was obvious was that my blue was too dark to start. So, the next day, when I began the blue scale, I tried to change that value. Of course, I should have painted over with white, but because I didn't, it made it difficult to make the darker steps. However, the lighter side of the scale was quite easy. Two hours later, I finally had to give in. However, you can still see the variations in the picture.
I began by mixing my three middle tones. To do this scale, we had to use complimentary colors for the dark values. Since we had to create red and green for two of the scales, it just made sense to begin there. I started with the green scale. Each step required adding more and more red to get the next darker shade. At the end, in order to get black, I did have to add additional blue (a component of green). To finish the scale, I returned to the original green and used white to make lighter values. I repeated the process with the red, mixing green to get the darker reds and adding white to lighten the values.
This is as far as I managed to finish in the first round. It had taken about 2 1/2 hours to mix these 22 values.
The thing that was obvious was that my blue was too dark to start. So, the next day, when I began the blue scale, I tried to change that value. Of course, I should have painted over with white, but because I didn't, it made it difficult to make the darker steps. However, the lighter side of the scale was quite easy. Two hours later, I finally had to give in. However, you can still see the variations in the picture.
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