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Post by koffipot on Feb 3, 2015 13:50:03 GMT
You're such a colourful character zed!  I've been through various wild colour schemes at times. I once painted the hallway in deep colour washed reds and added lots of ropes and tassels, which I made from a huge roll of builders line which was a shiny golden colour. My then teenage daughter's friend described it as a womb-like haven! Quite appropriate I suppose, as I was a midwife.  I'm just coming to the end of a calm, earthy, period and am considering some 'spicey' accents.  |
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Post by Frances on Feb 3, 2015 14:31:25 GMT
Zed that is a lot of color - It sounds very cheerful.
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Post by zed on Feb 3, 2015 14:36:21 GMT
I actually love brown, but after buying my couch, I realised that with my fear of spiders and not being able to see them on brown (which I discovered many times, unfortunately) I should probably steer clear of it! Your hall sounds ace, Judith My sister used to say our living room was like the inside of a bedouin tent with all the colourful rugs, curtains and throws. |
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Post by koffipot on Feb 3, 2015 17:10:47 GMT
I love browns too, but I'm not afraid of spiders!  A bedouin tent sounds good to me - very exotic. |
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Post by janekiwi on Feb 6, 2015 21:45:50 GMT
Fantastic colour projects and links everyone! Not long after this first quarters challenge was announced I received an e-mail from Creative Fibre here in NZ (http://www.creativefibre.org.nz/whats-on/) about a visiting tutor Loraine McClean. It sounded and looked very interesting so I have signed up for her two day Confidence with Colour workshop on 14&15 of March. www.knitdesignonline.com/index.html |
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 6, 2015 23:55:55 GMT
Your living room sounds great Zed. I was thinking very Indian I love purple and orange together. My place is boring.
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Post by zed on Feb 7, 2015 11:55:18 GMT
That sounds exciting, Jane, show us photos of what you make My living room looks like a student bedsit at the moment, Ann, full of boxes and kitchen stuff. |
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Post by Frances on Feb 8, 2015 5:54:34 GMT
Today - I spent time refreshing my memory on the "Elements of Design" - There are 8 visual characteristics of the components of floral art: Line, Form, Color, Texture, Pattern, Size, Space and Light. I had forgotten how much discussion the National Garden Clubs handbook gives to color. Some notes I made relate to felting especially when creating a picture are:
Where light is strong, color is more intense. Flowers (or roving) that seems to sparkle in direct sunlight may appear drab in a dark area of a room or under artificial light.
Physical properties of color - It is these combined qualities that determine a color's strength in a design - Hue is the name that distinquishes one color from another. Chroma refers to the degree of purity of color and saturation refers to the amount of color pigment or colored light. Value - Pure color may be dimished ty additions of white (tint) or black (shade). Intensity - Pure color may be affected by saturation or by additions of gray or a complimentary color. (mixing rovings)
Then we go to advancing and receding colors - advancing are warm stimulating - Receeding cool and retreating - If pure colors they are green through blue to violet on the color wheel. Receding colors are useful when placed in the middle, rear and background to increase the visual depth of a design.
You might also want to read about 'Atmospheric Color' how color is perceived with the influences of the atmosphere, lighting and other colors seen at the same time. And then we move to color harmonies which I think has been covered.
And then there is Emotional and Interpretive Responses to color. For example if I were doing a design to interpret a hot summer day - I would use Reds, Oranges and yellows.
Then there is the element of texture which is definately a component of fiber art.
If I can get my scanner working again I can scan this Chapter and email it to anyone who would like to study it. Unfortunately the Handbook is not online.
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Post by halay on Feb 8, 2015 5:59:53 GMT
Wau, Frances you've taken quite a serious study approach to colour. Interesting.
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Post by zed on Feb 8, 2015 11:40:12 GMT
I don't know if this has already been posted or if it's useful, but it's colourful color.adobe.com/ |
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Feb 8, 2015 13:49:35 GMT
I took a quick peek at the adobe…might take a while to learn to use it, but then it would be very useful!
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 8, 2015 15:44:18 GMT
That is a really good online color theme creator. Some are definitely better than others |
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Post by Frances on Feb 8, 2015 20:24:39 GMT
My Daily Dose is large - remember the 80 yards of cheesecloth I purchased - well 12 yards dyed today - No I am not making the longest scarf ever. The cheesecloth will be draped on/around a sculpture to soften it's angles as well as give a sense of movement/rhythm so the three elements of the design will be linked. Hopefully this will uncousciously give the eye the ability take the design in as a single cohesive unit. This is a design entry I am working on for the Patriotic Splendor Flower Show. The Title of the design will be something like Weaving through the memories: The Waiting The Welcome Home Celebrations The Memorials for those lost feltingandfiberstudio.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/yhxojqbvheca2vn_3hn1.jpgfeltingandfiberstudio.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/xoe03t8wsd7hlrkunvh3.jpg_ |
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 8, 2015 23:46:09 GMT
Now that's a long piece of cheesecloth.
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Post by Pandagirl on Feb 9, 2015 0:24:37 GMT
Awesome idea Frances! I can't wait to see the finished installation.
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