Color Theory Notes Assignment Week 1

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So I just wanted to created e journal entry for the art class I am taking (instead of uploading the assignment one by one - didn't want to spam everyone - plus it would be a great idea to compile it just in case anybody else might find it as a useful resource as well).

Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 2.09.28 AM by msaishakristine



Big thanks to the seniormentors group for giving me this opportunity to improve and learn more about my craft. They usually would ask what you need - what you desire, your weakness and strength and develop a lesson plan for you, etc. 

I am pretty excited.. but as for my first lesson and assignment it was all about color theory - the basics and all that boring stuff - but still, very essential. 

There are 4 artworks that I need to accomplish for this assignment on color theories:
- Black and White
- Primary Colours
- Secondary Colours
- Complementary Colours

(if you'd like to see each of the progress and result on how I work on each of this assignment - please do check back on this journal from time to time - I won't be creating a new journal entry - but instead - will be updating this and uploading all the works as soon as it was done - including notes, etc - just so it can be compiled without any confusion. 

FIRST - BLACK AND WHITE.

I have just finished working on this one - it should be the easiest but I still find it hard to work on. I kind of think.. knowing the theories.. and working on them via application is a different thing. Like, I know the concept.. but for some reason.. it doesn't really work the same way... as I wanted. So I guess..

I don't know how the process of blending should be like.. (so if anyone wants to teach me and help me out - I would really appreciate it - I do have a Clip Studio Paint, Medibang and Adobe Photoshop) I usually prefer the coloring on Medibang (though I usually treat it almost the same manner as Clip Studio).


Assign1w1 by msaishakristine


It started from a sketch, then a line art - coloring (and my own version of blending - not sure if that is even correct or not, lol!) (it actually ends on the 2nd image..) the 3rd and 4th image - is the result of me playing around with photoshop (trying to blend it more - if possible).

3rd image - got screwed. I tried to do so many stuff it just ended up with that, lol! 


I have undid that and settled to what I feel most confident in...

which is the 4th image. 

I have based this on quila111's sample for the assignment which is this one - for the black and white.
Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 2.01.47 AM by msaishakristine

though - its entirely too far from how I did it.
which is this one...
eeeek.

Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 2.03.06 AM by msaishakristine

Before I proceed to the 2nd part of the assignment. I'll probably wait for quila111 feedback on Medibang as she did mention - she wanted to try and figure out the process on the blending, etc.. once I got that.. I'll probably redo the black and white before I proceed on the 2nd part of the assignment - just to give it a go.. and see how it would look like..

PS. I really suck at coloring and blending its frustrating lol.

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/EDIT: APRIL 8, 2016

I am currently out of town right now with my family but I did brought along my laptop and tablet and some sketchpads - just in case I might doodle or so while on the go or so.. the night before I slept - I decided to worked on again with the previous assignment and guess what? This time - I'm like super happy with the result - I do think it can still improve.. I guess practice and more practice will make help me out more too. I used to think since its black and white its pretty easy since - we use just black and white.. when I was working on some highlight and shading. I did some observation on the base photo from quila111 - which made me realized.. there are a lot of colors here.. different colors of black and different off-white colors as well which is entirely what blending is supposed to be.. but it just gave me a feeling that its still harder than when you worked with colors idk.. just a thought but i guess i can verify that as i go with part 2 of the workload.. but for now - here is the result and a bit of notes here and there with my redo on the black and white assignment on color theory.

Art1assign by msaishakristine

Seee.
Seeeeee.
It did had a big difference from the first one I posted right? Hihihi!

Okay. That's it for now.. I need to study and do a lot of reading and observation for the 2nd part of the assignment!
Then a bit of trying out here and there.. hopefully, I will be able to upload and edit something on this journal tomorow for part 2 of the assignment! 
*pretty excited hihi*

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/EDIT: APRIL 11, 2016

SECOND - COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

I decided to worked on the complementary colors first - though I was a bit stuck.. since from what I have read so far - it kept saying its something that is opposite of the color wheel. I asked myself.. so.. it only always have to be 2 colors only? None of the articles even on google has mentioned anything on that note. For this artwork - I worked on pink shade and something of blue green shade - I wasn't really satisfied with it though I know it should have been the purpose of the assignment. I can't help but tweak a lot here and there (all noted on the notes on the image below) which ended with this one.. it is a bunch of pastels but not limited to only two colors - idk if I did this correctly but I really like the outcome though I kind of wish it has blended out more (but already did a lot of blending it still looks this way lol so idk if its okay or what) I wonder if this has defeated the purpose of the assignment - but I did started out the work based on the complementary colors noted - I guess.. I just added a lot of things here and there.. it still has the pink, green and blue feel though.. but I am not sure. I guess I'll have to wait till I finish every assignment to get some feedback from the teacher. Will work on the 3rd one later on. (been so busy.. didn't had a lot of time to worked on the assignments to finish at an earlier date).

Colortheory-complementary by msaishakristine

/EDIT: APRIL 11, 2016 - 4:30 PM

THIRD - PRIMARY COLORS

(not much to say at this point except the fact I guess this is my favorite work among the last few I created...) all notes are noted at the image below.

Colortheory3-primary by msaishakristine

/EDIT: APRIL 11, 2016 - 8:15 PM

FOURTH - SECONDARY COLORS

Even though, I knew - I could have just directly chosen the color (on which if primary colors are mixed in with) for this artwork - I used a bunch of primary colors and directly mixed them out to get the secondary colors. As per usual - played with blending, airbrushes, blur and the hue as well. I guess its my favorite part of the process (the hue part, lol!)

Untitled-1 by msaishakristine

Question included to be answered for this Assignment:

1. Which of the 4 colour schemes (or the challenge) did you find the most enjoyable to work with? Why?

To be honest. I am not sure.. but if I have to choose one, I'd probably would love the Primary Colors part the best. That i the part where.. I kind of have this idea where this is all coming from. I guess it is also the part where in I have realized.. I think I did the other part on incorrectly - maybe I should have done this, etc.. it gave a sense of directly with the colors.

2. Which of the 4 colour schemes (or the challenge) did you find the most difficult to work with? Why?

It would have to be the Black and White part - oddly as that may seem. I guess a lot of people would find it the easiest one and I guess, I thought so too. When I got the assignment, I was too fixated on the black and white artwork color on the flower in the sample.. that I ended up having that concept - I should create something like this... so instead of working on black and white as a whole.. I ended up thinking about how can I have that kind of effect the same as the sample? It kind of stressed me out. I do feel I did learn from it - or maybe a different way to blend colors as a whole - but I kind of feel the concept was something I've missed out - which I only realized later as the assignment ends.  I guess, it was not the colors I am being focused on in reality.. its more of the blending as a whole.. the practice.. and the execution.

3. What's one thing new you learned while completing this assignment?

I did understand the basics at the very least and understood colors much more so than before - I kind of feel it gave me a bit of confidence with coloring as well.. even a little but most importantly.. I feel it was a big improvement - when it comes to the blending and such.. it's one of the things I find very much worth it.. from artwork 1 to 4th - I kind of felt that there were progress being achieve as I go deeper and deeper to things. Though of course, I'd still appreciate to know and be clarified on a lot of things by the teacher to gain some verification as well. 


STATUS OF THE ASSIGNMENT: COMPLETED AND HAS SUBMITTED TO THE TEACHER quila111 
(more notes and conclusion and everything to be noted down once teacher has given some feedback)

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SORRY FOR BEING LATE IN UPDATING THIS JOURNAL. 
GOT THE FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHER & IF YOU WERE MY WATCHER SINCE WAY BACK - YOU WOULD HAVE PROBABLY SEEN WHY I HAVEN'T UPDATED THIS AS I HAVE BEEN WORKING SO MUCH ON A LOT OF ARTWORKS  - SEEING IMPROVEMENTS HERE AND THERE! COLORS DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, DON'T THEY? 

ANYWAY HERE IS THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM THE TEACHER:

Colortheory-teacher-feedback by msaishakristine


I have already received the second lesson and will be posting the journey with that one up next!

Lesson 2 is all about EXPERIMENTING WITH COLOR.


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JenFruzz's avatar
Thank you for posting this. I'm so excited to see the progress and the work you're doing with :devquilla111: (she's awesome :D). Keep up the great work and I'm glad seniormentors is helping!