Digital Pictures of Color

While trying to learn about color we did an activity in which we were set into groups to document color in it's everyday use. We walked around the area surrounding the Georgetown campus and took photos with a digital camera of various uses of color. It was basically impossible for anyone to find this activity challenging because color is so prevelent in our lives. We automatically had some form of attraction to the color red for obvious reasons one being the boldness of the color. This is also why it is used in society to an extreme degree. We found through our study that red was primarily used as a warning color, for example stop signs and warning labels.

Athough we also found the color on advertisements which is somewhat the opposite intent of the other examples. It is still logical of course to use the color red for advertisement because of it's ability to capture attention. We documented this by taking a picture of a row of coca-cola bottles that lined a shelf in eistien's.

While I understand the intent of the activity, I didn't find it helpful. I couldn't help but find that every idea presented was common sense or common knowledge. That is just my personal opinion, it may have been very useful for others. Also I think our group focused on the color red far to much, and in result I no longer want to speak of it.

color wheel

While most thought the color wheel was terribly redundant, I found it a bit useful due to my lack of experience with paint and mixing paints. Unlike many I had never had to create a color wheel, and although most of it was common sense I found mixing the colors good practice. I also lack experience in painting in general, never having painted except for maybe elementary school. Surprisingly I am a fine arts major so I figure I should learn basics sometime soon so this was rather good timing. While towards the end it was extremely monotonous, I can say that a learned some basic skills I had been lacking.

Logos

The logo is something that is necessary in the world of advertisement. It is a simplified image that translates the purpose of the business it represents. It in most cases is a simple silhouette such as the one above.

gestalt

Gestalt

Gestalt has many definitions, but the one that applies to our studies is the idea that a configuration of patterns is greater than the sum of it's parts. While the individual parts of a image may be useless or meaningless by themselves , when combined with other units it creates a meaning that would not be possible without the individual units.

Conceptual Proposal

My conceptual project was one that was centered around basic observation and documentation of a changing environment. I proposed that every day a picture should be taken of a room in student housing over a year span. After getting the pictures they should be displayed chronologically on a board. This makes it simple for the viewer to identify the shifts and changes in the environment. This idea I must admit has been exhausted and is not so original.

Sol Lewitt

The Sol Lewitt piece production was an excellent way for us, as students to learn one aspect of conceptual art. The Lewitt approach was much more focused on pattern and reassembling the same patterns into a larger piece which were different every time. While I did not find any fufilment in the final piece, I understood and found interest in the actual movement and action creating the piece. The idea of every person getting the same set of tools but ending up with all different results is something that I find intriguing to say the least.