On the first day of class, the topic was the starting point of graphic design. This type of art began way back in time when cave paintings were used to be communicative. People had to use pictures to convey meaning.
The most useful thing I learned today was that it must have been very challenging to communicate in the past using pictures and symbols. After doing our fun group experiment with the clay, I realized how difficult it is to try and convey a simple sentence—without the use of letters and numbers—with clay. I loved how we all engaged in the activity and found out for ourselves that people in the past had to have been creative in order to express emotions, colors, events, people, etc.
I’ve always wondered color was created for their paintings. I learned today that blood and charcoal were used for red and black. Were any other colors created and used during this time? If so, how was it done?
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