Self-tutoring about art: the tutor mentions “lyric,” and/or “lyrical.” The following is by my understanding. I recall when my son was in dance, going to competitions with many acts. My son was typically in perhaps two or three few of …
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Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor continues about paper airplanes. In my previous post I mention paper airplanes and what fun I had with them when I was a kid. It was bonding time with my …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions playing with paper airplanes. There’s something iconic about paper airplanes. When I was a kid, they were a sign of good-humoured defiance, since only kids made them, and weren’t …
Self-tutoring about art supplies: the tutor mentions a difference between pastels and crayons. I’m in an art course these days, and have been experimenting with crayons and pastels. One difference I’ve noticed is that with pastels, you can blend the …
Self-tutoring about art: the tutor mentions the idea of value. In art, value is a measure of lightness. Black is least; white, most. However, “lightness” can be explored with any color, and is often done in a monochrome manner. A …
Self-tutoring about art and engineering: the tutor mentions the idea of using what’s kept on hand. I recently learned of the idea of found materials in art, and how they can introduce spontaneity and even widen the audience of a …
Self-tutoring about color: the tutor mentions some ideas about rgb. The following is my understanding of rgb color: rgb is additive, meaning that to get white, you add 100% red + 100% green + 100% blue. You can’t accomplish this …
Self-tutoring about color: the tutor mentions an observation about black, white, and gray. In the RGB color scheme, gray simply means equal portions of red, green, and blue. By that definition, white and black are both gray, white having 100% …
Self-tutoring about color choices: the tutor reflects…. Click me:) Hello! Welcome to random colors! Click…:) Clicking the button above makes a random choice of both text and background colors. Designers might seek that magic combination people can’t resist. Yet, would …
Self-tutoring about art: the tutor mentions the meaning of “tint”. “Tint” means change a color by adding white. How might a person imagine tint from the rgb point of view? Let’s imagine a color like rgb(150,175,0): ██ White is rgb(255,255,255). …