ART
Last week I shared about the Element of Design called form. Now we will begin with the concept of colour. There is a lot to cover in this beautiful rainbow of colours, so I will be breaking it up into smaller bite size pieces! Yummy!
What is colour? To explain colour, I need to talk about science. “Colour originates from a light source, that is either viewed directly or as reflected light. Daylight or white light contains light waves for all colours. There is no colour without light! The absence of light is complete darkness or black. The mixture of all visible light is white light. White light is made up of all the colours in the rainbow.” (thanks to www.wcs.k12.mi.us.com) And because of our colour receptors in our eyes, we can see colours.
Blue, red and yellow, these are the primary colours. Why primary? These three colours can create all the colours you have in your mind or what you see. And they are primary because you can’t create yellow, blue and red by combining other colours. The yellow, blue and red all come from nature (usually stones) and are mixed with additives and binders, but the colours come from the earth.
What most people say on how to make all colours, all you need is 5 colours… black, white, blue, red and yellow. Hmmmm. That is kinda right. But to be more specific you need 8 colours… black, white, warm and cool blue, warm and cool red, and warm and cool yellow. This is important (warm and cool colours) because different colour of greens are made if you use a warm blue with a cool yellow to a green made by combining a cool blue with a cool yellow. What I love about this is you can literally make all different types of greens (and every other colour)!!! Below are example of the warm and cool primary colours:
Has your mind been blown? I know when I first found this out, I was in awe. I just thought blue was blue, never mind a warm and cool blue!! Knowing this can take away a great deal of colour creation frustration. Not getting the colour you had in your mind, might be corrected by using a certain warm or cool primary colour.
Next newsletter we will carry on with colour and learn about secondary and tertiary colours and more!
SOUL
Have you lately started something new? Thanks to COVID (at the beginning when we were confined at home), we were given some time to divulge into a new hoppy, instead of just binging on NetFlix (then again, there is nothing wrong with new shows to love). Starting something new can bring up a lot of feelings that make us procrastinate. (Here is a work I did concerning being a procrastinator:)
FEAR
Beginnings can be filled with trepidation as you don’t know what to expect and everything is new. Filming videos with sound and lighting was new to me. I found that before I started to film, I would often procrastinate and find myself doing things that had nothing to do with filming! I would read a business book and say to myself, “Well it isn’t filming but it is business related.” Or “I’m doing the laundry now and the noise might effect the audio.” Procrastination is a common reaction to something you are starting, and have little experience in. It is the unknown lessons, failures and happenings that give you pause; this is fear.
JUDGEMENT
We procrastinate and often think it will make us feel better than how we are at that moment. But what happens, is that when we procrastinate, we don’t feel better!! Self-judgment comes in, and we find ourselves berating our actions (or lack of action!), even if we did do the laundry. It is the guilt we feel for not doing something we think we should have been doing.
So, how do we overcome these purposeful postponements? What can we do?
CULTIVATE CURIOSITY
By cultivating curiosity, we focus on the possibilities. We choose to go into this new chapter with an open mind and excitement to see what new and exciting things we can find. Oh, and learn! Instead of viewing this learning as a burden, see it as an opportunity to add to your knowledge.
NEXT ACTION
When I was looking at the filming, I was looking at it as a huge mountain that I needed to learn about. Instead, what got me through it, was breaking it down into smaller groups, and from there, I made a list of actions. Seeing the next step as an action that was easily learnt or carried out, helped me move ahead.
SEE THE POSITIVE
Let’s turn this around and focus on the positive. Instead of seeing this as a pile of “I don’t know how to do all of this,” see it as a chance to learn something new. Think of how you will feel when all is done, and all that you have accomplished and learned. Wow! You’ll feel proud of yourself!
Procrastination can affect you as you are about to begin a new chapter. As you’ve seen through personal experience, it can slow you down and distract you. But applying the steps of cultivating curiosity, next action and seeing the positive will hopefully help you move ahead. You can do it. Begin today.
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