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Showing posts with label Beverly Ash Gilbert Eye For Color facebook page. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Value of Texture - Adding Pizazz to your Monochromatic Palette



We've all been there. Hours of work (beadweaving, painting, pulling together a room decor, or an outfit, or a collage...) But the result is dull, boring, lifeless. What's missing?

To answer this, we first need to figure out WHY it looks dull. And for most of us, this is the hardest part. If you'd like to see what I do in this situation, then come peek over my shoulder while I work my way through the steps of adding pizazz to a monochromatic palette.


Wednesday, March 14, 2012

What Colors Speak to You?

Autumn

Spring

Winter

Summer

Do you love saturated or pastel? Warm or cool undertones? Take a peek at the photo groupings above - which one calls to you?

Read more on my fb page: Beverly Ash Gilbert - Eye For Color

- Excerpt from Dip Into Color

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Adding a bit of Sparkle


A sprinkle of 'Spring Garden' (Seed Bead Soup Collection) adds dew-drop like sparkle to the felt flower pin

Bead soups are a bead artist's equivalent of a paint palette. A glorious way to mix colors together for a result that is better than the sum of all parts.

But bead soups aren't just used for jewelry!

Read about some ideas and share yours on my facebook page:
Beverly Ash Gilbert - Eye For Color

Thursday, March 8, 2012

March 2012 Newsletter



3 new Bags of Color!

My March 2012 Newsletter is available for download and full of lots of colorful happenings:
  • a new facebook page for colorful inspiration, photos and musings
  • a soft spring palette
  • 3 new Bags of Color and the inspiration behind them
  • Call for Questions for the next Ask the Color Queens journal