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RE: Color and Light : An appreciation of our colorful world
A good lesson about yellow.
I have a question, what level of preparation / skill of the student is this lesson designed for?
After all, some questions remain "behind the scenes".
I am intending this to be a late beginner to early intermediate level. To make gains from working with color I am expecting that students have a basic understanding of fundamental drawing and how to use their painting software, or traditional medium. I don't think that the step by step, paint by numbers approach is very useful for advancing your own understanding so I am trying to impart how to think about it rather than what, EXACTLY, to do. I do think that in a lot of ways this is kind of the pillar of advancing in color and light that artists continually return to. @stef1 made a good point that it feels like art school basic color class.
I also think, just reading between the lines of your comment, I may be able to shed some light (pun intended) on some of the "behind the scenes" things as they come up. I'm learning how best to relate these ideas in the blog format as I go so I hope to streamline the ideas as I continue to make these little mini study lessons. My use of different effects layers for instance might be better explained by saying "I felt like this needed to be cooler, or more saturated, etc..." rather than talking about a specific function of software. These after all can also be done traditionally, it's not really meant to be a photoshop study.
It's okay @fumansiu
By asking my question, I just wanted to understand the level of the target audience for which your lessons are designed. It's even good that we can offer classes of different levels of complexity in our "art school".
It's just that I've been teaching technical subjects for a while and my approach to learning is too regulated))
I think that it would be methodically correct at the beginning of each lesson (or series of lessons) to determine the level, but which this lesson is designed for, and the purpose / task of this lesson.
For example: "if you are familiar with the basics of Photoshop and owns its tools, you may be interested in how you can work with color, layers....".
This will weed out those who are not familiar with PS at all, but may attract those who really need it. A small introduction at the beginning of the post will help the reader decide.
@bambuka, I appreciate your thoughts, I want to be approachable so if I'm doing things that will ultimately frustrate anyone that would be the wrong direction for me. I think a fine line exists here and I'll search for it. I don't think that these ideas are too advanced for a beginner but I think the over use of software mumbo jumbo will end up being frustrating.
I made another post already and plan on a third just on bananas and yellow. I am trying to make this practice the kind you would do with a new piece of music. At first you pick out the notes slowly, frustratingly, it sounds awful. The second or third go around you are starting to get the hang of it and the music starts and you think less about each individual step or note and "play" rather than read. In this way I think that I am trying to relate a way of learning. Not "how to paint x" rather "how you might think about painting x"
I'll keep in mind lessons from this first go around and adjust the way I deliver these ideas. I really do want people to just start painting, it's the best way to learn and making mistakes are the first step one takes in deciding there's a problem to solve in the first place.
I like the comparison with music. Yes, this is a good way For many novice artists it is difficult to distract themselves from the tool and the rules of drawing and this sometimes happens to be a brake on development.
Try to find this fine line, maybe it will be exactly what you need :)