Primary Colors
Value Scale

1. I found creating the value scale and color wheel to be interesting, I remember doing something simlar in one of my high school classes and it was enjoyable.

2. The color wheel was definitely more fun to create than the value scale just because I enjoy working with paint more than just pencil / charcoal.

3. I found the most important creation found in these studies was that the primary colors are not truly only red, blue and green but rather cyan, magenta and yellow.

4. The most important thing I learned from watching these videos was the importance of value in artwork and how it can effect the strength of a piece. I found these videos to be more like hands on tutorials considering I was watching them in order to learn what I had to do for the assignment which were different from the past few weeks.

PROJECT ONE

 COLOR
CONTRAST
TEXTURE
BALANCE
SPACE
EMPHASIS
PROPORTION
PATTERN

1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting. 

Color is extremely important on the effect of emotion. The association between color and emotion is stronger than average people realize. The intensity and different expressive qualities and can change a person’s emotion without much realization.

2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why? 

The theoretical aspect of color that most fanscinated me was the stop and go sign. When the colors were switched on the two signs, it became a confusing question of if someone were to come upon one of the two signs, what decision would they make. Would they follow the words or the color?

3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

Watching the progess of June’s painting and how the different colors affected the mood of it had a very big impact on me. You can slowly see the progress of her paintings and as she makes the changes in certain colors, you can see that although the painting is still of the same photo the entire time, the mood is changing and becoming more appropriate to what she wants.

4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

 In the painting by David with swearing of the oath had the biggest impact on me in regards to color and it’s effect on emotion. The darkness in the background highlights the people in the painting. The red on the men creates an intense and masculine feeling between them and the darkness in the woman’s clothing shows how submissive and fearful they were. 

Art And Aesthics

1.  Video: Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art 

Before watching this video, I knew what aesthetics was and I could assume that it was extremely important in art but I never realized how it came about and how many artists and philosophers built onto this concept. I learned that not everyone can look at art the same way, many people can look at a painting or sculpture and realize that it art and that is looks nice but you need to be knowledgeable to understand why it looks nice and what the artist did to bring all the different aspects of art together to make a masterpiece.

   Video: Carta: Neurobiology Neurobiology and Art and Aesthetics

In this video I learned that the brain plays an extremely important role in the act of preserving art. The way your eye and brain work to make a connection and understand what you are looking it is incredible. Both speakers made good points on the subject of how the human brain effects aesthics. I learned about how strongly art can effect ones empathy and make it grow due to the fact that artists tend to become more aware of other people and themselves. I also learned how excited the human brain gets when it catches certain parts of art and realizes that there are hidden pieces within some art works.

   CNN Article: Art and Neuroscience

In this article, it just expanded on the idea that there is more to art than just a picture. It’s the science behind it and how our brains can able to perceive certain things. When the writer discusses the fact that you can look around the room you are sitting in and realize that there are no bold lines outlining all of the objects for you but if someone were to draw the room using lines, you’d be able to recognize it was interesting to me because it is not something a person thinks about. The writer also discusses the “peak-shift” idea that Ramachandron spoke about in his lecture which is a phenomenon that amazes me.

2. Many philosophers added a lot of great theories and facts to the understanding of aesthetics. Many of them built off of old ideas, making the old ideas more modern and understanding. I, personally, felt that Friedrich Von Schiner from the 18^th century was extremely important in aiding people to better understand art and aesthetics. He contributed to aesthetic education, saying that understanding aesthetics makes us more human.

3. I truly enjoyed watching and listening to Changuex and Ramachandron’s scientific views on art. I had never heard that point of view on art and it makes art more interesting for me. The most interesting fact I learned from Changuex’s lecture was when he spoke of consensus partum, discussing that art works together as many different things, creating harmony. And from Ramachandron’s lecture my favorite part was when he spoke about the three different horses drawn by a seven year old autistic child, Vincent Van Goh and a healthy eight old. He was making the point that the human brain can “isolate a single cue to optimally excite cortical visual areas” and the difference between the artist’s horses was based almost solely on how their brain chose to see the horse they were drawing and what their brain was able to focus on while drawing it.

4. The book’s discussion of aesthetics connected a lot to the videos and article. The book spoke about many of the same things such as the fact that many people see art and feel a level of comfort and happiness because what they are seeing and how their brain is reacting causes them a positive reaction. The book, articles and videos all showed examples of art that when you look at them at first, you may just see art but after a while your brain begins to make shape and sense out of the piece you are looking at, giving yourself a sense of accomplishment and understanding.

5. After watching the videos and reading the article I truly believe I know have a better understanding of the aesthetics in art. It’s a beautiful thing that almost all human brains pick up certain aspects the same way simply because that is how they are wired. There are many, many things in the aesthetics of art that I learned and never had thought about before. I hope to continue to learn new things like this so that I can better understand art and the history behind it.