My week started off with doing some new color studies. I figured I would try and tackle the project again but went about it in a different manner. I began by defining prevalent personality traits that stuck out in the word web I had previously done and than each of these traits were assigned a color. Next I began to construct the personality of each individual based on a numerical scale using the colors, than created an image combining the colors of both the other individual and myself. Below are the combinations that resulted from each relationship.


Relationship: Freshman Roommate & Myself

 Relationship: Childhood Friend & Myself

 Relationship: Mother & Myself

 Relationship: Boyfriend & Myself

        Based on these color combinations that were created I than began to analyze them and write down notes based on what I saw and felt form the compositions. 

        Also in this past week I have started to focus more closely on one particular relationships, the relationship with my mother. This is an important relationship to me and I want to take some time to explore the possibilities of this relationship looking at all aspects of it both positive and negative. Based on this I have begun to create some sketches pictured below that I plan to turn into prints. 

        This sketches are created based on the idea of combining two separate individuals into one. I wanted it to be simplistic so the main emphasis is on the images and the interaction between to two. 

        The next step for me is to work on some more color studies. Although my initial idea is to create monochromatic images I am still exploring the idea of colors. Color can have a strong emphasis on the meaning within the final pieces. So the other day I finally received the book Color Image Scale by Shigenobu Kobayashi. So with guidance from the book and personal experimentation I am going to create some color studies. Also this week I am going to be turning my sketching into a series of small prints while possibly exploring combinations of mediums. Additionally although I have been doing some research on a variety of artist books.