Hi again! Welcome back to the last day of Playful Color Month! This week I’ve been showing you how to get out of “the fabric box” by using paint to explore color. Today’s Goal: Today, I’m showing you a demo of one of the painting exercises from my workshop, Playful Color Theory for Quilters. Secret Colors Exercise – Quickly Generate an…
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Quickly Generate a Fun, New Palette Using Secret Colors
Why you shouldn’t use fabric to explore color – My favorite color supplies
Hi again! Welcome back to the last week of Playful Color Month! This week I’ll be showing you how to get out of “the fabric box” by using paint to explore color. Today’s Goal: Today, I want to show you the supplies I use to explore color and why you should NOT start with fabric for color exploration and play. Ready?…
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Catch me on American Patchwork & Quilting Radio (Part 2)
Hey there! I’ll be on American Patchwork & Quilting Radio hosted by Pat Sloan today, Monday September 24th. I’m the 4th guest on Episode #393. This will be my second time on the show. Listen to my first appearance. Need help tuning in? Visit this helpful page for a variety of options. “Talk” to you soon!
New Free Colorful Pattern! Rainbow Jacks
Welcome to back to Week 3 of Playful Color Month. This week we’re learning about one of my favorite color tricks, the Personal Color Wheel exercise. As a quick refresh, during Week 1 we talked about symptoms of color trouble (how do you know when you’re having trouble?) and the causes of color trouble. In Week 2, we started to…
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The Color Secret Artists use to Maximize Creativity
To maximize their creative output, many artists choose a color palette and then use that same palette over and over again in one series or across many series. They’ve already done the hard work of coming up with a color palette they love. Why recreate the wheel (see what I did there)? Creating new color palettes can be very time…
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