new blog

My phone got disconnected so I haven't had internet for a while, so no blog until now. During this dark, internet-less period in my life, I have discovered that I'm supposed to have been uploading life drawing pictures to this blog, so I will attempt to start doing this now.

Last preproduction class (2 weeks ago, last week was anzac day).

Value is the relationship of one point or detail in an image to another with reespect to lightness or darkness of those parts and detail.

Principal 1 - Description of Objects

There are two types of shadows, Form shadows and Cast shadows.

Principal 2 - Expression
Principal 3 - Decoration.

There are four characteristics of colour:
Value
Hue (base colour)
Chrome
Temperature - relative to surroundings.

Colour quality - two or more colours reflected from a visually monochromatic surface.

Colour distance - warm colours appear to come forward, cool colours recede, generally the darker, the heavier.

Simultaneous Contrast
Differing colours placed next to each other will enhance their difference.

Colour Context - simultaneous colour in action.

LIGHTING
*consider, what mood are you after? Harsh or soft? Coloured lights?
*types of lights: main/secondary, rim light (130 degrees, reinforces one side)
*backlights - separate object from b/g.
*ambient lights.

THIS WEEK (yesterday, the 1st of May)
Locations:
When doing locations, include a figure of recognizeable size to compare scale.
More colour theory:
red - visceral, more meaning and symbolism than any other colour. Yellow - the sun, calming. blue - depressing, creative. green - jealousy, hate, scheming.

Think about conveying mood when picking out colours.
which colours have duality?