Felting up a Storm

 

Felting despite power outages!

Teal and Olive Nunofelt Butterfly Shawl - worn in different ways

 

See more nunofelt pieces:

Gallery of Fiber Art (and in my Etsy Shop)

Color Inspiration

Color Inspiration - Collection of Glasses

Be Inspired

More Flowers

'Carolyn's Flower Garden' 12"x36"
From my Gallery of Paintings

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!

Purple

Purple Flower Garden
1st painting of the year
From my Gallery of Acrylic Paintings

Ballroom Dancer

A small framed painting on the wall at Flying Apron (Redmond, WA)
See it on Etsy

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'

Color Inspiration - Lavender Glass

A small section of one of my paintings - the colors inspired by old lavender bottles on my window sill - I love the touches of rust on the glass and wonder where the bottles were before they came into my possession.

Where do you get your Color Inspiration?

Mouse Pad

Artist's dilemma:
Excited when my paintings sell
But a bit sad too
It's sometimes hard to let them go

This one is going to a new home today... but I decided to hold on a bit longer

I'm printing up mouse pads and you can see them in my Etsy Shop

Vibrant Color

Though I love Black and White, I just can't stay away from Color!

Here is a digital art piece I created from an original photograph.
'Radiant Iris' is available in my Etsy shop as greeting cards and prints onto metal

I'm in the process of printing one in large format for thet Overlake Senior Care Center in Bellevue. Will let you know when it is hanging!

Poppies

'Purple Poppies'
Going on display at Overlake Senior Health Care Center in Bellevue WA

Also on Etsy

Purple Sunset

On display at Flying Apron Cafe in Redmond WA
In my Etsy shop

In Abstract

'Glass Lake'
A painting for my Hubby

Abstract in Teal and Purple

Inspired by the huge paintings a dear friend and I enjoyed at the Royal Academy in London

on Etsy

Trees

'Purple Rain'
Having fun with my Tree Series!

This one is also in my Etsy shop

Viewing a Painting

'Purple Mist'
I've uploaded it into a wall template design to get a feel of how it might look in a room. What do you think? Better as just the painting, or does it help to see it in a room?

on etsy

Things I Love (Day 10)

Deep Blue-Violet Hydrangeas
Rain pounding on a tin roof
Walking barefoot on moss

(Day 10)

Things I Love (Day 6)

Spanish wine
Moonlight on the water
Dancing in a flowing dress

(Day 6)

Color Inspiration - Purple and Gold Flowers

My cutting garden is full of Purple and Gold flowers, in a variety of shades and hues.

Want to create bouquets that glow with color? I live by my motto that all colors can work together! Just remember that if you want to pull together colors that are very different from each other, simply add transitions:

By pairing equally saturated versions of each of the complementary colors - intense purple salvia and buddleia with orange-yellow rudbeckia, I can then pull in the warmer, less intense hues - light yellow rose, beige-orange african daisy, red-purple spiky flower (which I can't remember the name of!). The african daisy works well in the palette not just because it is in the yellow-orange color family, but also because the center acts as a perfect transition from orange to purple.

p.s. Note that Radiant Orchid (#coloroftheyear) is included in this palette - 6th from the left

Have fun playing with color!
If you want to learn more: Artful Color for Creative Projects
All color wheels from: Eye For Color

Color Inspiration - Yellow Door

This bright yellow door caught my eye and is especially lovely paired with spikes of purple salvia.

Just as this scene has lots of colorful interest, depth can be added to any complementary color scheme by adding shadows and highlights of each color, and expanding with a second set of complementary colors to make a Tetrad (such as the grey-blue in the salvia stems and leaves of the curry plant)

Color wheels from Eye For Color