Another week of Galley has gone by with another lesson learned. To start off the week we were introduced, or for some reintroduced, to Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). It seems to be a nice fit for those interested in fine arts. More information can be acquired at www.pafa.org. With the compositional figures we created last week we began to color them in using the live paint bucket tool. When adding color to the compositional figures we used complementary colors, which are colors that lie on the opposite end of the color wheel but when placed next to each other they look brighter. We used the color palettes for reference in terms of what colors are complementary to the other; for example Green-Red, Blue-Yellow, Light Green-Purple. (http://kuler.adobe.com/) We used the figures then to make pattern swatches. When applied to a shape you can see the repetition which creates the pattern. Above us are our examples, the one with pink is done by Anita, and the one with a darker shade of yellow by Jared.
