Module 3

I am sure we can all relate somehow to color and the effects it may have on us. Like our text says some people will always relate the color reed and green to Christmas or pastel colors to Easter and so on, but there is more to it than that. On page 96 in the text it says " Color affects us on such a basic level that few would deny that we have a direct emotional response to it. The problem comes when we try and find universal principles, for we quickly discover that emotional responses to color are both culturally conditioned and intensely personal." With that being stated, I myself can say that I like colors mainly because I grew up liking a color someone else might have liked. Now I can think for myself and know what I like (purple to be exact) I can realize what colors mean to me. When i think of red or orange even yellow sometimes I think bout the sun or a fire to stay warm. That also pushed me toward family and the feeling of closeness. When I think of blues, greens, and black i feel cold and think of ice or water maybe even loneliness. 

Color properties stuck out to me. I always seen art with different shades of a color that eventually go to the darker version of that color or the opposite way. Tint is something that I used a lot when I was in high school either with watercolor paints ( I didn't do a lot of painting then) or colored pencil. The effect of shading really is nice while drawing which I did not really ever do, but I definitely like how it looked. 

The color video really showed me what goes in to planning a painting and getting the exact color that you want. I never painted something that the shade in particular made a huge difference, but it might have bothered me to the point I wanted to change it. In the beginning of the video showing how the wet plaster had the picture outlined for what the artist wanted to paint and that there was no way to change that after it was finished. When the paint is slightly dry they put another coat on to change the tone which was interesting. When we watched the woman (I forgot to write her name down) be able to splash water on get canvas and in a way fix what she didn't like, I really liked that. I never knew that was a thing that could actually be done. Colors really effected how she wanted her painting to be and it took her longer than I thought it was going to for it to be exactly the way that she wanted it. 

The feelings video was definitely interesting to me in many ways because I never really looked at the way other people might have viewed a painting and how it made them feel. I am always the one looking at the picture and usually I am looking a them alone so I never got someone else opinion. The renaissance and the pagan world had a lot of art that expressed feeling and in a way showed the depth of what they wanted you to see. The Popes Library with the Greeks on one side and Christianity on the other. These were once rivals i guess you could call it, but this shows a togetherness. This picture also displays space from our view or distance. The Mona Lisa is a very unique picture from this time period with the smile that clearly represents that she is human. The piece of art shows a compelling scene if individuality and at the same time possesses a mysterious glow. 


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