For this color theory project, I had to pick a photo and recreate certain sections of it in several different ways. One section had to be grayscale, another had to be monochromatic, another had to be a complementary color scheme, and another section had to match the actual colors as close as possible. All of it had to be done with Color-Aid paper, which means that each section is a puzzle of little pieces of cut paper. Like the optical mixing project I posted before, cut paper gives great results, but the process is much too frustrating and tedious for me to enjoy.
Thats pretty cool Erin, It makes me want to try something like it, and I liked that you picked such a colorful image. Pretty Aweeesommee!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful!! I found you by searching for 'cutting color aid paper'.
ReplyDeleteI love color aid paper and did a similar exercise long ago in Art School. My question is how did you cut the paper to get such intricate and complicated shapes? X-Acto is not as fluid as I'd like.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this peice :)
DeleteI wish there was an easier way, but I actually did the entire thing with an X-Acto knife. Having a sharp, fresh point was really important, but other than that I don't have any fancy secrets haha. One thing I did do was trace the shape I needed on the color aid paper first so I had a clear outline to follow. The rest was just lots of time and hand cramps!