Overall, I enjoyed this project. Making the swatches was pretty straight forward, no difficulty there. I did have some trouble with the gradations. I started at both ends, and tried to meet in the middle. I feel that some of the colors in the scales are too similar. The color wheels were easier. Making the circles was also a simple task, as was making the shapes. I ended up drawing random shapes on a separate piece of paper, and cutting them out. I traced the shapes on the bristol boards, and where the shapes overlapped, I mixed the two different colors. I used a graded gray wash for both of the backgrounds.
The gouache was fun to work with, however not so much on the bristol board. I don't like how the brush strokes are so visible, I feel that it gives the project a very sloppy and unfinished look. On my own time, I used a pack of watercolor paper to experiment with the gouache. I added more water, and used the gouache like watercolor paints. It was very interesting to see how the gouache mixes, and how the pigments settle in pools and veins on the paper. If I had to change one thing about this project, would have done the diptych on watercolor paper instead of bristol board.
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