Change of Colour
What could be more fun than living in a colourful house! We have all seen the colourful houses on the slanted streets of San Francisco or the brightly painted houses in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Living in the Niagara Area, we too have our “Painted Ladies” . This historic neighborhood
The color chang with light
Diamonds, the gift of the earth. It constantly changes colour with the flickering of light, Making it seem almost alive. Everything on earth will age, rust, break and eventually decay under the grip of time. Diamonds never lose their brilliance or strength, and are object of people’s admiration. 4-6 color
Besties
The design was roughly adapted from a photo of my daughter and me during an ice skating adventure on my birthday. I like using colors that are opposite on the color wheel, like blue-green and red-orange. Complementary colors seem to demand our attention. I started with a background meant for
Emotions in Kaleidoscope
This piece began with a meditative drawing during a time of chaos in my life each color represents the many emotions I was experiencing at the time loss, sorrow and then hope for the future. My intention was to explore the connection between shape, colors and emotions to create a
Crossing the Color Line
"Crossing the color line" has been a term for racism. With today's DNA testing, it is revealed that we have "crossed the color line" in our own DNA.
Color is about Perception
My fascination with color led me to Bauhaus designer and artist Josef Albers. He experimented extensively with the interactions of color and how the perception of them can change it. Scientists know, people perceive color differently and it changes from one person to the next. Many will remember the controversy
Colour Blindness
Colour blindness runs in our family My father was not colour blind Though my brother is, but not his son. Just one of my two sons has it, and both of my sisters’ boys have it, one more pronounced than the other. Looking at the chart below it seems both
Considering Color
We artists thoughtfully consider color in our work, knowing that specific colors can inspire emotions. Seeing red, feeling blue, green with envy, joyful, sunny yellow – are all in our repertoire. We can also use color to push and pull space, knowing that warm colors appear to advance and cools
Color changing flowers
“Skeleton flower” (Japanese “Sankayou“) There are some mysterious flowers in the world. When the small white flowers get wet with rain, they change into transparent petals that look glasswork. Flowers blooms in early summer in highland for a short time and fall easily. A truly ephemeral and beautiful flowers. “
Change of Colours
This new prompt opens up so many opportunities and could be looked at in so many different ways. Is it a change from Summer to Autumn, a change from daylight to dark, a change in a persons behaviour from calm to angry, or is it purely a change in colour
Coffee Break at the Quilt Convention
Habits creep up and embed themselves in our lives. Sometimes, we don’t even notice them until someone else points out to us that we have a habit. It may be an annoying speech habit (in Australia, kids say “like” every second word as a filler whereas in “my day” my
Found my Home
We moved house recently Even though we didn’t move too far in location. Nor was the layout of our new house a great deal different. Basically there was not a great deal of change to our lives. However, I found my creative flow stopped altogether. My creative space was disorganized