Feeling Gray? Why the Gray Scale Exercise Brought Me Down.

I have loved almost every Design Class this semester.  It has provided a realm to freely create and enjoy the process of creation.  It is honestly rejuvenating and refreshing.  While I am normally a pretty happy, cheery individual, I felt absolutely tired and down during ONE class this year--Grey Scale Exercise.  Sherin even noticed how melancholy I looked.  But Why? After all, we were just designing and painting as we do in a normal class.  According to research, color can influence your mood, actions, and levels of stress.  All of those greys--more than 50 shades for sure--brought me down, and according to Huffington Post article, "10 Ways Color Affects Your Mood" the color gray influences people to be more "passive, uninvolved and have a lack of energy."  I would personally agree with this influence, as I was indeed noticeably happier when we did the color wheel.  Perhaps the solution to a day you feel down is adding a splash of color...that, or a just strong cup of coffee. --Amanda G.
Here is an interesting look at the effects of other colors on moods:

Gouache Day

Intense Gouache Day!

Foreals.

Check out my poor carrot.


When I bit into my carrot the other end flew out from my mouth and fingers and plopped right into my gouache.


Anywayyyyyyy, let's take a look at other people not eating carrots and intensely working on their neutral grey gouache.







Oh, Andrew. The palette knife is for mixing gouache, not for your nose...

And more students working hard~




And finally, my poor carrot once again. Take a closer look, and you can see the dried-up gouache stuck on the carrot. Yuck~