Saturday, February 23, 2013
Im a Biologist Not an Artist...and it Shows
1-2.) I thought that the value scale would be fairly easy to do. But two and a half hours later, and ten crinkled up sheets of paper after, I was near tears. It became my kryptonite or whatever it is that was Supermans takedown thingy. I had to teak a break and run to Tim Horton's to get a cappuccino. I don't know why I couldn't do it. And my end result is very elementary looking but it was the best I could do. The color wheel on the other hand was a nice change of pace. I did the color wheel directly after I did the scale and it was nice to finally see some color! I have to admit that I had never even heard of the color Cyan before this module. I found the color wheel to be much more gratifying in the finished product than my value scale.
3.) The most important discovery for me was just how much work it takes to create even the simplest form of art. My friend saw the directions for the value scale and said that I could do it in about 15 minutes. But looks are deceiving. It takes a lot of time and effort to accomplish something so straight forward, at least on my end.
4.) I think for me the most important factor was that what I always thought were the primary colors are indeed not! And also the discovery of the color Cyan. I liked the fact that the videos were not long at all, so it allowed me to keep focus and stay interested.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Aed 200 First Impression
1.) The process of setting up a gmail and creating the blog seemed very intimidating at first. I do not have a facebook, myspace, twitter, tumblr or whatever else there is, so my experience with these types of things is limited to the yahoo search engine and my email account. But all said and done, this was painfully simple.
2.) I have very high expectations regarding this course, and am looking forward to learning about the world of art. I am a biology major and before that I was an English major so this class is refreshing welcome from all the science and literary credits I have obtained. I want to explore the "artsy" side of myself and see if it leads to anything beyond this class. I have always appreciated color and lines and enjoy looking at paintings. Im killing two birds with one stone by registering for this class. Im satisfying an elective as well as exploring a new avenue that interests me very much.
3.) I am very comfortable doing an online class as I have done two before. It requires a lot of planning and dedication to stay on top of deadlines and discipline to stay on top of the workload. Im not going to lie, this blog thingy does feel awkward to be doing but so far so good :)
2.) I have very high expectations regarding this course, and am looking forward to learning about the world of art. I am a biology major and before that I was an English major so this class is refreshing welcome from all the science and literary credits I have obtained. I want to explore the "artsy" side of myself and see if it leads to anything beyond this class. I have always appreciated color and lines and enjoy looking at paintings. Im killing two birds with one stone by registering for this class. Im satisfying an elective as well as exploring a new avenue that interests me very much.
3.) I am very comfortable doing an online class as I have done two before. It requires a lot of planning and dedication to stay on top of deadlines and discipline to stay on top of the workload. Im not going to lie, this blog thingy does feel awkward to be doing but so far so good :)
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