Art Making Material Exploration

Both of the tasks were an interesting experience. I was surprised on how the charcoal reacted with plain paper. The color wheel was also a good insight into how colors react with each other using the subtractive method. From an IT side I now see how amazing this idea really is that a printer can represent so many different colors.

I thought it both of the medias were interesting to work with. I preferred the color wheel exercise. I enjoyed it due to the variety of colors. Black and white does have a specific purpose but I enjoy colorful art.

My most important discovery of this exercise was how important these techniques are. I have many clients that print photos and simply never realized how much went into the coding and programming of the printer software to be able to represent text and images correctly every time.

What I saw in the video was that again each skill that we possess develops with time and dedication. Both artists worked fluently and achieved consistent results. I expected the graphite to transfer to the covering sheet or smear but it did not. The color wheel video was interesting because it showed the differences between the shades of the 2 sets of primary colors.