Color Wheel- Final Product

1. The first thing that makes this color wheel successful is it isn't just an ordinary color wheel in which the focus point is in the middle, it is more towards a corner. I think this makes it more appealing because it gives a new fresh look and a new perspective. Next, it would have to be the colors because I think each individual section of color turned out pretty. Lastly, I guess I would have to say that certain parts of this was well done in terms of emphasis. For example, I liked how I used a shade for the background then a tint for the design because the shade really made the design pop out by the contrast.

2.  If I was completely honest with myself and if I had more time, I would restart this entire thing because I strongly hate how this turned out. However, throughout this process some revisions I had to take care of was the precise detail and the amount of shading I wanted to do. Originally in the sketch I had so much details, but as I started painting I realized how hard it was with the paint brushes I had so I simple improvised and painted over the details. Furthermore, I typically don't use paint, I'm more of charcoal person, so you can imagine how difficult it was to manipulate the color to create that shading look. In the beginning I felt like I sort of succeeded but it simply took too much time so I gave up and just stuck with making big contrasts between the tints and the shades.

Eye Studies

Honestly, I like how these turned out but at the same time I don't. Comparing the eyes to the eyes I have been doing in the past, I can definitely say that I improved a lot, from cartoonish to realistic, but now that my skills have improved in art overall I have higher standards for myself. To begin with, I like using the pencils because it was a lot easier to layer on value over value whereas the charcoal was very dark to start with, which is surprising because I typically like using charcoal when it comes to creating value. The charcoal made quite an emphasis on the the eyes, but it looks a bit unrealistic. I really like how the last one turned out if you were to view it from a far. The second one I did would have turned out nicely if it weren't for the iris being so big. Overall, I would rate this a 6/10 but I can improve. My only fear is that once I do BOTH eyes all together I'll have more of a difficult time. Furthermore, I just realized that I only stuck with the left eye, I never attempted the right eye... Hopefully, it isn't as hard.

Color Wheel Project- In Process

When I took this picture, I was only this far. However, where I am today, I finished the red-violet portion. If I was to be honest with myself, I do not like how this is turning out because I can't get all the details as precise as I want. I blame the paint brushes because they're not as small as I want them to be. In addition, I am trying to work from the background to the front but it is difficult because if I paint over the sketch I can't see the sketch anymore therefore I have to redraw it again.  Furthermore, painting is my least favorite media because I can't manipulate it as easy as I can with colored pencils and charcoal so I'm constantly making that comparison and it leaves me unsatisfied with my work. On the other hand, I like the colors I make because they're very pretty but that's about it.