The Joy of Cookie

This was my final project for Color Fundamentals class.  The assignment was to create one design and use twelve different chromatic strategies.  The medium I chose (don't ask me why) was iced sugar cookie.  The picture didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, and the cookies are gone (so no re-shoot opportunity), but I think you can get a sense of the project from the photo nonetheless.  Not only were we to use different chromatic strategies, but since there were twelve, we were also supposed to associate each with a month of the year.  The cookies in the picture are laid out in calendar order, reading from left to right, top to bottom.  The twelve chromatic strategies are as follows:

1. January -- achromatic: browns, grey, black
2. February -- monochromatic: hue, tint, tones, and shade of blue
3. March -- value contrast: significant "lightness/darkness" contrast using the violet hue
4. April -- split complementary: violet, yellow-green, and yellow-orange
5. May -- tetradic chord: red-violet, blue, orange, and yellow-green
6. June -- warm/cool: mix of warm and cool hues with a neutral color (brown)
7. July -- saturation key: all highly saturated (relative brightness or dullness of a color) hues
8. August -- value key: all hues at relatively the same value (relative lightness or darkness of a color)
9. September -- achromatic/chromatic mix: a blend of neutral browns with blue and green hues
10. October -- analogous: red-orange, orange, yellow-orange
11. Novemeber -- triadic chord: red-violet, blue-green, yellow-orange
12. December -- complementary: red and green

(cookie design template)

It was an involved process: I baked the cookies, mixed all the colors (20+) from scratch, and painted each cookie by hand; I nearly bit off more than I could chew (no pun intended), and if I see another sugar cookie before Christmas, it'll be too soon.  But, I'm glad I challenged myself to do something extremely creative and that I'd never tried before.  My classmates were happy I'd chosen to create edible art, as well. :)