Steps for this project included:

1) Illustrate overlapping shapes and lines that reach the edges of a 4×6 rectangle

2) Scan drawing, and use Illustrator to turn shapes into a layer on an artboard using the pen tool

3) Using Illustrator’s Pathfinder tool, overlapping areas are divided into individual shapes

4) Using the Hue Circle and Munsell Constant Hue chart, establish color harmonies and fill in individual shapes with different values of contrasting hues.

The hardest part about this assignment was creating the actual shapes using the Pen tool and Anchor point tool. It is easy to create symmetrical shapes but my drawing consisted entirely of oblong, asymmetrical ellipses and half circles, and my shapes required a lot of Anchor points to adjust different parts of each shape.

Using the Munsell Constant Hue chart, I was able to create the effect of transparency using contrasting hues or different values of the same hue.

The finished product of each of the four hue relationships reveal complimentary and contrasting hues that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The four relationships I chose for my project are compliments, tetrad, split compliment, and analogous. Without the Munsell Constant Hue charts, this project would’ve been impossible to complete.