Summer of Color - Orange

Here are my experiments in orange:

Orange Leaves

Orange Leaves 2

Oranges

Summer of Color - Purple

Purple Tulip

Callaway Iris


I used this photo I took at Callaway Gardens
as my inspiration for the Iris painting.

And another iris

Summer of Color - Red

This is an altered DVD.  The blue color in this photo is misleading.  The bottom half of the circle and the part under the fan is silver in color; however the photo makes it appear to be blue.  I put the DVD in my Big Shot machine in an embossing folder.  I don't know if I would recommend this, as it was somewhat difficult to emboss!  Surprisingly, after embossing the DVD, it separated into two pieces.  Now if I can just figure out a way to separate the DVD layers BEFORE embossing, I might have an easier time putting it through the embossing machine.  I used red Adirondack ink to color the bottom.  The fan is trimmed with washi paper.

This is the first CD / DVD that I altered.  I started by brushing a thin layer of gesso over top of the surface of the DVD.  When it dried, I pulled out all of my red watercolors and used every one of them on this piece!  I then glazed over it with crystal stickles, and finished it off with a layer of Mod Podge.  Unfortunately, the stickles glaze does not show up in this scan.

If you'd like to try your hand altering a CD or DVD, please enter my challenge.  See info here.

The Summer of Color - Week 4 - Yellow

Anyone who knows my work knows that this is somewhat off the wall for me.  But I love to be challenged and to expand my limits.  This was just plain fun.  It is watercolor, except for the writing. Is anyone other than me old enough to remember this song?

The Summer of Color - Week 3 - Pink - Two Studies in Pink

The Summer of Color - Week 3 - Pink

I painted this in watercolor - 5" x 7". 

Then, I decided I wanted to try a larger format.

The Summer of Color - Week 2 - Green

I just wanted to celebrate the color green with leaves which are, I guess, my favorite green things.  I used brayered paper as a base.  The leaves were made of brown paper that was die cut, brayered and then hit with some mod podge to shine them up a bit.  A recent Gingersnap challenge featuring twine has made me eager to use it in many ways.

The necklace below is made from the same pattern that I used to make the blue pendant I posted last week.  The green version is the first time I used the pattern and I made it exactly as it was written.

The Summer of Color - Week 1 - Color Blue

First, I made this blue pendant. I started out with a wonderful new pattern I purchased from La Bella Joya called "Persian Rug."  The pattern is meant to make a bracelet which includes 3 motifs. I created one motif for my pendant and embellished it a bit further than the original design.  Bead weaving is my beading passion and blue is my favorite color; so I wanted to make a blue pendant as my first creation.

At the same time, I wanted to do a sort of freeform journal.  Now, I don't know if this makes any sense to anyone but me.  But that's OK. I enjoyed putting it together.   I lost my job this week and was putting everything I was feeling into this collage.

The Summer of color

I'm participatiang in The Summer of Color.  Click on the blinking icon to check it out.  It's a ten-week challenge.  Each week we are given a different color of the rainbow to work with.  Our task is to create something in that color.  It should be a lot of fun, so check back to see my creations starting next Monday

I have not yet decided whether I want to stick with the same type of thing to create each week, or just create whatever suits my fancy.  I'm leaning toward keeping my options open; but on the other hand, I have never made a journal. Maybe this would be a good chance to do that. I'll have to think about it.