Module 4

1.    I thought making the value scale was a little difficult because the inside boxes 4-7 are hard to make different shades. I wanted to make sure that each box represented a different shade on the scale but it was hard for me to press down on the pencil harder or lift up to make it lighter. The color wheel was much easier for me to create compared to the value scale. I just needed to make sure I proportioned the paint amounts out for each color before mixing them.

2.    I enjoyed watching the YouTube video and watching the person creating the color wheel because it showed me exactly how to do it so that I was doing it correctly. I did not have to worry that one color wasn't going to turn out right because I just followed what the video did.

3.    The most important discovery in making the value scale was making sure I had a gentle hand with the pencil. I did not want to press down too hard on the paper for a box because then I would have ruined my scale. It was important to always start lighter and then gradually get darker if needed. For the color wheel the most important discovery was making sure I portioned my paint out when mixing the colors. If I did not have the same amount of paint for each color the secondary color would not have turned out correctly.

4.    From the video I learned that blue and red are too dark to be primary colors, light colors like magenta are missing from the color wheel. The combined color of brown helps demonstrate this imbalance. The "real" primaries are: cyan, magenta, and yellow.