Things I Love

Sitting outside in the evening with a glass of wine and a good book
An entire library of books loaded on my ipad
A splash of sunshine on an otherwise rainy day

p.s. Looking for a good book? I HIGHLY recommend books by Stephanie Kallos: Broken For You, and Sing Them Home

Things I Love (Day 14)

Reading a good book on a grey day
Mint cuttings sprouting roots in a jar by the window
Orange zest in coffee

(Day 14)

Nothing Like A Good Book

He found my stash of Agatha Christie...
and a secluded spot in our cutting garden

Artful Color in hard cover is almost ready!

Getting ready to send my book off to my editor/publishing consultant! A hard copy of Artful Color for Creative Projects is coming soon and swirling with color!

Converting my Book

 Sample page spread - in works

 Sample page spread - completed!

The process of converting a book from one format to another isn't for the faint of heart.

The creative part is over, the fun of watching color palettes come together is a thing of the past.
Now it is all just hard work, hours upon hours:

• Converting every photo (and there are more than 350!) from RGB color space to CMYK
• Resizing pages for print (instead of eReader style)
• Resizing fonts
• Repositioning photos and descriptions to fit into the new format and still look luscious.
• Redesign the cover to include a spine and back

But I'm almost there!
Only a handful of pages left, then off to an editor, then off to the printer!

I hope to usher in my new book with the new year

I'll keep you informed!

My New eBook - Sneak Peek at the Cover

 

 

Artful Color for Creative Projects
Inspirational Color Palettes for Jewelry, Fiber & Mixed Media Artists

Dive into a world of color with luscious photography, expansive color palettes and inspirational works of art. Beverly Ash Gilbert turns her images of everyday scenes into stunning new color palettes bursting with depth and movement, and shows you how to use the colors in your next creative project. Her playful approach will gently guide your eye beyond the most dominant colors of a scene to the subtle nuances that can turn an ordinary color palette into an extraordinary one.

Learn how to use a color wheel to enhance your palettes and discover how transitional colors can help pull the entire composition together. Beverly’s colorful artwork in a variety of mediums helps illustrate how the unexpected or tiny splash of color can make an entire piece come alive.

Artful Color for Creative Projects will not only inspire you with color, and give you numerous new color palettes to play with, but will also teach you how to add depth and movement into your own artwork... no matter the medium.

Details coming soon...