As you can tell my main complimentary study was the relationship between Blue and Orange. Now I will let you know I mixed my own orange- no just squeezing it out of a preprocessed orange acrylic tube here. Also I used fluid acrylics whenever possible to create that watercolor transparency of layers to build up depth. But for an extra punch I did mix in some heavy body acrylics to pick up some texture. I used some of my handmade paper as my base. If you look at the edges of the paper you can see the delicate fibers. I love the texture of the light weight paper. I definitely plan to make more of this type of paper in the future. It was done using the Japanese method for paper making.
Here are some websites I discovered when I went exploring online for a lesson on Color Theory.
http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm
This one below is very interactive and great for web designers:
http://colorschemedesigner.com/#
Enjoy,
Sandra
I love bright colours as well! And I love handmade paper too! Beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the resources! I've been reading a bit up on this same thing. Love your paintings!
ReplyDeleteWow! Pretty amazing. I LOVE the first! The layers give a 3 dimentional illusion. Beautiful!!
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Maggie
Absolutely awesome! I know I need to learn more about color. Your post and beautiful paintings have gotten me inspired. I will go out and check out the links. Thank you Sandra!
ReplyDeleteJust stunning! love, love, love.
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Thanks for being fabulous, much love Jenny
Hi Sandra, Its great to see you experimenting and playing with colour! I love bright colours! And its nice that you make your own paper too. Thank you for the link to colourschemedesigner. I have bookmarked it! Wini
ReplyDeleteWow these colors just popped out at me. Gorgeous paintings...love such vibrant colors!
ReplyDeleteHello I found you at bloggers and I was wondering if you would like to be art mail penpals on an ongoing basis, I exchange a combo of journals/letters/postcards/packages
ReplyDeletehere's photos of my journals
http://vikkiwonderland.livejournal.com/222363.html
please let me know THANKS!
Vikki
Thank you ladies for your kind words which have strengthen my spirit to continue my art journey with more vigor and more energy. I look forward to reconnecting with everyone in the coming days. I am eager to read and see all the beautiful words and images everyone has shared in the past weeks.
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