Our assignment this week was to research a given color. My color was coquelicot, the color of red orange poppies. We had to create a museum quality informational board with a 24 step value scale and a collage from pictures using our color. In addition, we also had to collect 25 objects that are our color.
Sources for info on the board:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190208115304.htm
http://www.arteqo.com/en/guide/color/coquelicot/
https://rgbcolorcode.com/color/coquelicot
Reflection:
I had some trouble using gouache for the value scale. It was difficult to keep the color even because the gouache thinned in spots when I painted second and third coats. If I was to redo this project I would include visual examples of what my written information was about. I think the most successful part of this piece are the poppy collages. I think the contrast on the white background is really eye catching. I experimented with writing in a different font for this project. I liked the Adobe font, Pinot Grigio Modern for its design of the letter Q. I wrote the text in the font and I think it helps with clarity as opposed to my natural handwriting. I think its most successful in the title. Which is very readable form a distance and grabs a viewers attention.
The next part of this project was group installation of all of the boards on one wall with our combined collected objects.
Grace Dunham 