The process of making a ten step scale was an easy activity. I used prior knowledge to estimate how much I would have to adjust my sections in value so that I could evenly range from white to black. One thing I found difficult was to make each section look like a unified value that was both even and flat. Overall I think that I maybe could have been more creative with the shape of my scale.
When I was creating my drawing I made up each step as it came. I started with the overlapping circles in the middle and as I added other elements I kept in mind balance and composition. I think that value affects composition because it creates a balance that leads your eyes around a piece. Also it makes a piece interesting because it creates opportunities for colors to portray different feelings.
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I think that your value scale would look better compositionally if you turned it vertically with it leaning to the side. Otherwise, it's a great scale.
On to the composition:
Description: Starting on the right of the piece, there is a dominant vertical rectangle that fills the space, with a small circle at the bottom section. In the center, there are two overlapping circles surrounded by rounded, amorphous shapes. On the left, finally, there are two (I'm assuming) squares hidden behind the previously described objects. They all vary in shades.
Interpretation: There is a lot of negative space (or a bad picture), inside and around the forms that gives it an empty feeling. The movement seems static because my eyes are drawn right to the center of the piece where the two circles meet, and doesn't move from there. I like looking at the tall rectangle on the right, but the big "blobbie" shape skews it and makes me kind of frustrated.
Evaluation: I think that the piece is successful in showing many different values, but there is too much white, or negative, space and my eye is drawn right to it and doesn't want to move.
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