The Color Wheel

     When I began to create the value scale, I started with the darkest box and went lighter and lighter. I feel if I would've done it the other way around it would've been a lot easier to do. When I began to do the color wheel, I felt like it wasn't going to work because of the magenta and the cyan. I was so use to the idea of my primaries being red, yellow, and blue that this new idea seemed almost impossible. However, after watching the video first, it was clearer to me now of how red and blue could be considered a secondary color. It was so interesting mixing the colors and watching them change.
     I enjoyed working with the paint more than with the pencil shading because it gave me pleasure to have so many colors to work with. Something I noticed that was very important was how the balances of the primaries had to be just right to get the desired shade. Too much of one shade could change  the color, whether in a lighter or darker tone. When I watched the video, I learned that if you mix red and blue it makes an awkward shade of purple, and if you mix red, blue, and yellow, it didn't really turn black; it looked more like a dark shade of brown. Not that I have all these colors accessible, I think I'm gonna go do some painting!