Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
This week’s photo was a bad choice. It is a gorgeous group of flowers and I really like the image, but there isn’t enough diversity in the colors to make interesting palettes. As a result, after the default palette, I stuck to monochromatic palettes. Green: the green looks really brown – or yellowish brown- in … Continue reading “ColorPlay: deYoung Flowers”
I saw this wind sculpture when I went to get my hair cut on Saturday. I have walked by it numerous times and finally stopped to take a photo. The default was great! NO neutrals this time. I found it to be a very appealing palette, if a little too monochromatic. I took the opportunity … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Wind Sculpture”
I was walking through the streets of downtown San Francisco to the train Saturday night after a lovely dinner with friends. I saw this great piece of art by Joel Amit of Jerusalem in one of the gallery windows. The piece is called Flying Sun. I really like it and thought it would be great … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Israeli Art”
DH and I went over to my MIL’s house last night to get the mail and take out the garbage. On my way up the stairs, I saw that one of her flowers had bloomed. Better late than never, I suppose. It was still perfect. I thought I would use it as my ColorPlay image … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Ruth’s Flower”
After a brief hiatus, ColorPlay is back. I was inspired by a window display I saw. At first, I thought the dots were part of the items for sale, but then I realized that they were temporary dots and added a lot of fun color to an, otherwise, uninspiring display. The table has a nice … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Window Dressing”
I am not being a snob by spelling color as “colour”. That is how it is spelled on the app/website. You can try it out Year of Colour and find out what colors you post most. I have been actively seeking out brightly colored images so my palettes would be virtually neutral free. The one … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Year of Colour pt.2”
Last time I did a ColorPlay it was last year. HA! I was trying, again, to make a colorful palette and was moderately successful. This time I think I have done it! I used one of the iterations of my Year of Colour report. I have no idea how so much beige got into the … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Year of Colour”
I went shopping with a friend the other day. Mostly I did not buy, but I did take a load of pictures. This photo was taken in a small grocery store and I loved the different colors of the team canisters. Aren’t they cheerful? As we would all predict, the default palette came out quite … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Tea Canisters”
In honor of Thanksgiving, I chose a picture of my pumpkin pie filling in process. I make a maple pumpkin pie. I found the recipe in a Bon Appetit magazine when I first contributed to Thanksgiving about a zillion years ago. Nobody has complained so I keep making it that way. We remodeled our kitchen … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Pumpkin Pie”
A few weeks ago, I went to a conference in Monterey. For many reasons, Monterey is one of my favorite places and October is a great time to visit. I was fortunate that the weather was fantastic and I took some beautiful photos. You might see more from this trip later. I walk a lot … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Pier”
I went to the Retreat last weekend. While there, SIL suggested I do a ColorPlay post on G’s shirt. I thought it would be great because there were a lot of bright-ish colors. The default was …neutral, as usual. The Earth looks a little purple. The first non-default palette is my favorite. I went to … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Shirt”
The weather this week has been good. It has not been deathly hot and there have been some lovely clouds. I took a photo while out on a lunchtime walk, which I decided to use for this week’s ColorPlay. We are using Bella Solids instead of Kona Solids this week. I tried to click the … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Freeway View”
The image I chose comes from the detail of a painting by Frida Kahlo called The Bride Who Becomes Frightened When She Sees Life Opened. You can find more of the interpretation of this painting on the FridaKahlo.org website. I saw this painting at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. It was one of an exhibit … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Kahlo Detail”
I had a hard time finding a picture this week. I am not sure why. Still, I love cherry trees, so I went with one this time. This was taken a few years ago, but I still like the detail. I am curious as the palettes. I don’t dislike the default palette this time. I … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Cherry Tree”
I decided to use this photo again and try to make palettes with Kona colors and see the differences. Obviously, I am going to try to put the dots in the same place. You can see my first effort, from last week. I used Bella Solids on last week’s post. It was an accident. I … Continue reading “Colorplay: Glass n.2”