I have never been required to read the Preface in a textbook before, but the Intro I have. Though, I have had previous teaching from the "A guide to three-dimensional design" textbook, I am happy to be involved this textbook too.
I really liked how the intro opened up with defining Design; as a noun and as a verb (xviii continued to xix). This book will really help with expanding personal potential with the design process, and that is exciting.
Pages 2 - 10
The first paragraph of chapter one brought me all the way back to Middle School when my art teacher told us to define 'line'. I had no clue. Now being in college and studying art it is amazing, the big long definition that 'a line' has. What really brought my attention to this section of reading was the subject on page nine of Using Line. The fact being, that a line is what everything is composed of.
Pages 10-38
I love how detailed this book can get, the detail to describe "shape" just puts a picture in my head of what the book is explaining before I look at the example given. On page 16, I found it funny how a nonobjective or nonrepresentational shapes are pure forms, since I would think that it would be the other way around. Also, the book gave me a better meaning of texture as well, explaining in more depth about texture on a canvas, and how the artist uses trompe l'oeil (26) for their viewers. (The word trompe l'oeil kind of sounds like tromp the eye). Then, wrapping up this section with value, brings both shape and texture into a good perspective.
Pages 38-54
OOOOO! COLOR!
Once again, this book has amazing detail on what seems to be such a simple topic. The discussion of color makes me happy that the book discusses color. Color is such an important part of our lives it is so amazing. I really enjoy the picture on page 42, 2.9 A-D, the different effects that the background can have on the presented colors really puts a twist to the eye. Either if the painting being made is mainly dark colors, or bright colors they are all very appealing as well. It would be so boring if everybody saw or just made art in Black and White (reminds me of the movie The Giver....) Anyway, the discussion of Harmony and Disharmony is a great deeper understanding of Color itself. I really like the split complementary color schemes (51). It reminds me of myself getting decorations for my new apartment that I'm moving into, to make certain pieces pop! But, I also like this scheme because it does offer more options that the complementary color scheme, but not quite as interesting as the triadic color scheme.
Once again, this book has amazing detail on what seems to be such a simple topic. The discussion of color makes me happy that the book discusses color. Color is such an important part of our lives it is so amazing. I really enjoy the picture on page 42, 2.9 A-D, the different effects that the background can have on the presented colors really puts a twist to the eye. Either if the painting being made is mainly dark colors, or bright colors they are all very appealing as well. It would be so boring if everybody saw or just made art in Black and White (reminds me of the movie The Giver....) Anyway, the discussion of Harmony and Disharmony is a great deeper understanding of Color itself. I really like the split complementary color schemes (51). It reminds me of myself getting decorations for my new apartment that I'm moving into, to make certain pieces pop! But, I also like this scheme because it does offer more options that the complementary color scheme, but not quite as interesting as the triadic color scheme.
Pages 54-66
These pages were very inspiration to me, since I have been decorating my brand new apartment and organizing things by color! And using color in each room to act for different emotions. Just like the sentence on page 60. " In each case, color is used to heighten emotion rather than to represent reality." This is so true, that colors and decorations work to heighten emotions, cause if I were to leave all of my walls plain I would be upset, and unhappy, but my decorations make it happy, and have a homey feel to my new apartment! Either way, colors help with emotions and brighten the mood and day. They definitely determine how one is going to feel based on the color present.
P.S. I swear I did these all on time! I'm getting it figured out!
From now on, they will be all their own post!
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