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Post by karen on Feb 3, 2012 23:08:46 GMT
Oh yes i think thats the best part of laying out fibres and trying to get the blends to look smooth and flow , i love that bit lol
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Post by jufergu on Feb 3, 2012 23:43:36 GMT
Contemporary teachers are now telling us to throw out the color wheel, unless you are mixing paints. Mixing some liquid colors will turn to a mud color when they are mixed. But in fiber art, they give a soft watercolor look. Like Monet's Waterlilies. Just think of all the colors next to each other. I think the book covers have a perfect blend. Just beautiful.
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Post by karen on Feb 4, 2012 1:20:26 GMT
Thankyou Judy
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 4, 2012 2:10:35 GMT
I like the wheel for referance. the wheel never gave us the silly fashon rules.
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Post by lyn on Feb 4, 2012 8:18:57 GMT
I am reluctant to throw out the wheel too Ann.
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Post by zed on Feb 4, 2012 13:23:44 GMT
I used to paint, and most of the rules for mixing are useless because it depends on what pigments were used to make up a shade. You can try to blend a red with a blue, expecting purple and get some sludge colour, yet a bright pink and green will mix great to a nice purple shade.
I've blended purple and yellow wool shades to get a nice brownish colour
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 4, 2012 14:09:34 GMT
Mixing dye can give you some interesting colours. I have a one that always splits on me ( probably my water) and give me a very nice deep green and a deep purple. its nice but usually frustrating because I have forgotten and i am trying to get the colour its supposed to be. You would think I would mark it on the container wouldn't you. the other interesting thin about dye is it often looks nothing like the powder or the solution you make up.
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