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Saturation Studies: Phase 4

December 19, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Saturation Studies: Phase 1

Saturation Studies: Phase 2

Saturation Studies: Phase 3

This was the first time I was able to study color as a subject. As an architecture student in the past I was never able to experiment with things like paint or hues and I found it insanely freeing and informative to work with this concept as well as this medium. Since it was my first time using paint, specifically gouache paint, it was a little weird to learn how to use the paint and my craft wasn’t what I expected it to be at times, but the more I practiced the better I got and now I’m determined to use the paint as a medium for things in the future.

Saturation Studies: Phase 2

December 19, 2017 / / 0 Comments

This was probably the project I learned the most from over the course of the semester. I’m very new to painting and it was my first time using colors in a study in which I was mixing them for myself and not just getting them off a palette I found online. My favorite one to work on was the muted palette because there was a such a diversity of color. I liked to see how by adding red blue and white I got lavender, then adding that lavender to a bright orange, made from yellow and red, made a softer orange-brown color. I experimented by adding a little more of this or a little more of that, creating different shades and tints and jumping around the color wheel. The chromatic grays were also a fun one for me because it was my first time seeing how by adding colors from different ends of the color wheel you were able to create these really dark and desaturated colors. It gave me a new perspective on how colors mix with each other. The prismatic one was a little uneventful because it was just taking colors straight from the bottle but it was great to compare it to the muted palette to visually see the difference between a very bright prismatic hue and a more muted one.

Time spent: 4 hours

Saturation Studies: Phase 4

December 11, 2017 / / 0 Comments

This was an excellent learning experience. I had so much fun with the coloring with paints, mixing to get the correct values of hues, and I even subconsciously separated my laundry in order of the color wheel. I really loved each part of this project, I’m literally seeing different shades everywhere.

In Phase 1, I got mad I ran out of paint because I was so into the project, that I didn’t wanna stop.

Phase 2 was tricky to my eyes because between the chromatic grays and the muted colors I couldn’t remember which was which, and the lighting in my room made it look pretty identical, but then I saw the lighter values in the muted pieces compared to the chromatic grays.

Thank you, again—to my partner—Ebony, for working with me on Phase 3. This style finally has a name I can place; I’ve seen the swiss style before in movies and noticed it in polaroid label packages. I LOVED THIS PHASE!!! I’m going to print this and hang it on my wall.

 

I’ve learned no matter how old I get glue and paint always manages to get all over my hands; I’ll be more careful in the future. This project has opened my eyes to new colors, new vocabulary, and new styles. I want to do a LOT more of this type of project.

Saturation Studies: Phase 3

December 10, 2017 / / 0 Comments

My partner and I chose the Nirvana poster and ended up with the warm color palette. This was a bit of a challenge for me because I had a much clearer image of what I wanted to do with a cool color palette so this was a little push out of my comfort zone. My partner and I actually struggled for a while trying to come up with not only the palette but the name for the band. Once we landed on the word “spicy” as a sensory word for taste, we had to connect it to a type of sound and ended up with “spicy distortion”. Choosing a color palette for the word “spicy” proved simpler than when we tried to just find warm color palettes in general.  I also decided to add my own flair on the actual components of the poster by shifting of the inner triangle, because the original design looked too organized for a band with the word “distortion” in it. The info on the revenue was actually kind of cool to search for – I just looked up “50 best concert venues in America” and chose the one that looked the most indie/underground like setting that I felt fit for what I imagined our sound to be. So if you’re ever in Austin, be sure to check out, Spicy Distortion.

Time spent: 2 hours

Saturation Studies: Phase 4

December 7, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Overall this project was really cool. It was interesting seeing how color actually works and how they mix together to creat new shades and hues.

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/11/30/saturation-studies-phase-1-2/

 

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/11/30/saturation-studies-phase-2-4/

 

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/spevackcomd1100fa2017/2017/12/07/saturation-studies-phase-3-4/

Saturation Studies: Phase 4

December 1, 2017 / / 0 Comments

 

Color Wheel :Phase 1 Discover

Saturation Studies: Phase 2

Saturation Studies: Phase 3

 

Excited to work with color, I dove right into the color wheel phase. In the next phase I experimented with pure prismatic hues, mixed with complementary hues to form different hues of chromatic grays. To lighten to chromatic grays I added white. Figuring out the ratio of how much prismatic/complementary colors to combine was difficult and took alot of experimenting.  In the next phase I had to execute muted an prismatic hues. I used the pure primary colors red, blue, and yellow to make secondary, and tertiary hues.  This was really easy and fun to do. Making the muted broad range/broad hue collage I added white to saturate the hues. Contrast was created with saturation.  Mounting all of the collages wasn’t difficult at all. With past projects, I learned to use my eye an create a composition that is unified and  flows together. Focusing on the broad range and the values of all the hues I was able to compose collages I was really proud of. The group part of this project I enjoyed the most. Using two cross sensory words and the cool temperature colors me and my partner picked, we had to create a poster for a band name. We  chose the Lush poster template. We came up with periwinkle, and violets because they give off a sense of relaxation an calmness. I chose some blues to coincide with my cool temperature of violets. Using our 5 senses, we agreed on many sensory words that would mesh well with cool temperatures.  We came up with our leading band name “Silky Glaciers” with or runners up bands being “Breezy Mints” and “Tangy Waves”. My partner mentioned Europe, and we jumped at the opportunity to base or location at a awesome club in Germany called the “Mojo Club”.  I look at all colors a little bit differently now. Thinking more into how I’m perceived to see color with the help of the primary hues. 

 

HOURS WORKED ON 2HRS

Saturation Studies: Phase 3

November 30, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Freestudy Group Poster

 

Me an my partner chose the Lush poster and we had to form cool temperature colors. We came up with periwinkle, and violets because they give off a sense of relaxation an calmness. I chose some blues to coincide with my cool temperature of violets. Using our 5 senses, we agreed on many sensory words that would mesh well with cool temperatures.  We came up with our leading band name “Silky Glaciers” with or runners up bands being “Breezy Mints” and “Tangy Waves”. My partner mentioned Europe, and we jumped at the opportunity to base or location at a awesome club in Germany called the “Mojo Club”. Its was the perfect place for our “Silky Glaciers” to perform!

 

Hours worked on 2 1/2 this was fun to create!

Saturation Studies: Phase 2

November 30, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Primary collage

Muted collage

Chromatic gray collage

When it came to making the collages I had lot of fun strangely there were a few challenges but nothing that ever made me feel like this is impossible. The primary colors were l the easiest to deal with, the muted second, and chromatic grays last. Even though the chromatic grays were a bit tricky it’s my favorite collage of the 3.

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