A Nuno Felt collarwith the color inspiration hanging behind it
Showing posts with label #colorinspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #colorinspiration. Show all posts
Sunday, April 2, 2017
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Artful Color for Creative Projects
Artful Color for Creative Projects: from eBook to Print. Here is the cover spread (front, back and spine) for a one-off hardcopy to check color and layout.
I self published Artful Color as an eBook in May 2013 and am nearing my sales goal of 1000 copies! WooHoo!!
When I hit my mark, I'll publish a hard copy (thank you to all who have asked for it!)
Don't have the eBook yet? You can read more about it on my website: http://www.beverlyashgilbert.com/books/artfulcolorforcreativeprojects.html
Monday, June 1, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Color Inspiration - Orange Ball Gowns
This splash of color caught my eye as I was racing to my car on a rainy day
From my Gallery of Color Inspiration
Monday, March 16, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Color Inspiration
Color Inspiration from Purple Flower Garden
Interestingly, the color palette I used in my last painting actually includes the #ColoroftheYear: Marsala!
Would love to see what you do with this color palette!
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
How to Use the Colors of the Year
Tangerine Tango? Radiant Orchid? Marsala?
(here are the #1 colors of the last 3 years used together)
#ColoroftheYear
Colors come and colors go - the color industry declaring what is hot right now and the fashion, home decor, beauty product industries scrambling to keep up by issuing new clothing, new jewelry, new paint, new pillows and towels, nail polish... This is of course designed to keep us buying!
But how do we keep up? What if we really love the colors from 2 years ago? What if our wardrobe is filled with last years 'Radiant Orchid' (2013), our dining room painted with a bright red wall from oh sometime in the early 2000s, our living room brightened up with accents of 'Tangerine Tango' (2012). How does the new 'Marsala' (2015) fit in?
My #1 Mantra: Define your color palette, the one that makes you feel happy, comfortable, energized, the colors that make you light up from within. Surround yourself with 'Your Colors', stick with them whether they are 'in' or not. Then - only after you feel good - for a bit of fun, throw in accents of the Color du Jour.
But, you ask, what if the Color of the Year doesn't go with my color palette?
This is the fun part!
My #2 Mantra: All colors (can) go together! Yup - even if they are very far apart and look off when viewed side by side by their selves. The key is what you put with them!
I go into a lot more depth in my eBooks: Artful Color for Creative Projects and Dip Into ColorDip Into Color - but here is the heart of pulling colors together - add transition colors, the ones that guide your eye from one color to the next and voila! they all look good together!
Have fun pulling colors together and adding accents of the Color of the Year to your palette!
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Color Inspiration - Barberry New Growth
Pantone's 2015 Color of the Year - Marsala graces this cool earthone color palette
Color wheel from Eye For Color
Color Inspiration - Mustard Plant
Color Inspiration with 2015 Color of the Year - Marsala (4th from left)
This little Mustard plant self seeded itself next to some bright green Euphorbia in my garden last spring.
Color of the Year - Marsala
Looking at how Pantone's new color of the year works into a Purple and Gold color palette!
Color palette from a few days ago - with added 'Marsala'
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Color Inspiration - Pink Climbing Rose
This heavenly scented climbing rose has such delicate shades of green and blush - Nature yet again giving us a lovely complementary palette
Artful Color for Creative Projects
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Color Inspiration - Soft Pink Rose
Another rose from our new garden - the name? "Beverly"
So of course we had to find a spot for it! Bonus, it has the most intense, sweet smell (winning awards for it's scent)
Using a 100mm fixed focus lens, stopped down to f/4, enabled me to blur the background into a symphony of sorbet colors and a yummy pastel color palette
Pastel color wheel in Eye For Color
Monday, June 16, 2014
Color Inspiration - Lavender and Thyme
Lavender and Thyme are spilling over our garden paths releasing their heady fragrance as we brush against them!
A lovely Split Complementary color combo for you to play with
For more color palettes: Artful Color for Creative Projects
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Color Inspiration - Scratched Paint
(color palette in various mediums)
Artwork created for fabric sublimation provided color inspiration for other projects
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Color Inspiration - Garden Tools
Color is everywhere, but sometimes so subtle we don't realize that our eyes are picking up nuances of color in every day objects.
This simple tool bench vignette provides a soft, cool earthy palette which would be stunning in a room (imagine soft grey-blue walls, taupe furniture, a chocolate rug and a splash of terracotta in a pillow or painting), or in an elegant piece of jewelry (smoky quartz, carnelian and kyanite) or...
For more color inspiration
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Color Inspiration - Pink Chairs in Holland
Feeling Pink - Shop in Holland in all shades of pink!
See what I have created with this palette in Artful Color for Creative Projects
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