Color wheel:

Value scale:

 

 

 

First, I enjoyed creating these. I have no artistic ability at all so I enjoyed this because it made me feel like an artist even though I am not. I personally liked the value scale and understanding what value meant as well as gradient. I liked the value video better because I felt it taught me more things that I did not originally know. Such as the meaning of value and gradient. I feel that the most important information I learned from these videos is what the primary colors are and the meaning of value and gradient.

 

 

 

 

 

 

gefert17's Project 1 Elements and Principles album on Photobucket

gefert17's Project 1 Elements and Principles album on Photobucket



With this project, first I had to create a photobucket account. After that I collected pictures I had taken with my digital camera that had resembled a specific element or principle. For me, I enjoyed the photography part of this project the most, navigating my way around the photobucket website was a bit difficult for it being my first time using photobucket.

Color theory and emotional effect

1. Artists use different colors in their work to have different effects on emotion. For example, darker blue and grays may be more depressing and gloomy, dark reds may appear to have a violent effect on emotion. Bright yellows and oranges may be happier. Each color has an affect on emotions, like in the first video how the artist was trying to create a depressing emotion by clashing greens and reds, different colors clashed together create differences in the viewers emotion.
2. What most interests me about color is how each color has a different emotion to go along with that color. Not only does that interest me but it amazes me how just a simple color has so many effects on the viewer. For example, a color can attract the viewers eye to a certain focal point, color causes the viewer to move their eyes through the work and it also controls how the painting or work of art makes the viewer feel, depressed, happy, violent, upset, etc. Before watching these videos and reading the chapters I never realized how many different parts are involved with colors.
3. The biggest impact the color video had on me was when it was telling us about how long it was taking the artist to paint the picture just to get the right mood and emotion and it was all about trial and error, she wanted to make the painting just right and just a small piece of the wrong color could cause a different mood or emotion. I enjoyed how she explained the painting and how with certain colors it made it violent but she wanted it to be calm and soothing.
4. In the painting a Marat David that was in the video, which portrayed the death of Marat, he was sitting in a pool of his own blood, he died while writing something. This had a big impact on me because I realized that the darker colors and the black background gave me a sad and gruesome emotion and it made the picture very lifelike to me.

1. From the videos and article I learned that the brain is a key part in visualizing art. I learned that our brain is 'wired' to see specific color contrasts and light contrasts and facial features in art work. I learned that our brain affects the way we see things and depict pictures. Different people see different things such as colors depending on what parts of the brain you use. A good example of this would be the dress that everyone knows about, some thought it was blue others thought it was gold, it all depended on how your brain viewed the dress.
2. The philosopher I believe has the most important theory about aesthetics is Morris Weitz of the 20th century. He argued that the expansive character of art is logically impossible to ensure any set of defining properties. Meaning that art is so different and there are so many different forms of art that one thing can not be its sole defining characteristic.
3. I think both Changeux and Ramachandran scientific view of aesthetics and art were very interesting. They both had different view points on different topics. One thing I liked about the lecture was learning the comparison of art to humans just like the other video learning about how the brain views art. I enjoyed learning about that because it gave me a better understanding on how the human brain works and it actually all makes sense to me now! I would recommend both of these videos to anyone who enjoys learning about art, philosophers or even a little bit about themselves.
4. The articles and videos relate in that both talk about different ways we view art, about how the brain views art as well as older famous artists and philosophers.
5. Personally I enjoyed the videos better, although I liked the articles, I enjoyed the pictures in the videos to give me more of an understanding, like a guide, as I learn about different topics of art. I believe the videos helped me get a better understanding of the different philosophers theories, differences in art and the way the brain views art.

1. The process for creating the blog difficult, I have 3 different gmail accounts and each time I tried to create a blog it kept telling me I needed to create a gmail work account. Eventually I got it but it was confusing at first.
2. I expect to learn different and interesting things about art that I did not know before. I have always been interested in art, however, I am artistically challenged for lack of a better word.
3. This being my first online course, I have mixed emotions about it, and there are different things that I still need to get used to, but for the most part I like it.
4. Some things I believe apply to me is that when you fail you should continue to try and try again until you get it right. I also believe that even if I get angry when studying because the information doesn't stick in my head, if  I say it 5 or 10 times more it will likely stick. The last thing is that determination is key, not just for me but every college student and I am determined to get good grades and try my best. And even if I do not do well the first, second or third time I will continue trying my best until I get it right.