Collage

Colour is an amazing thing. It can also be a tricky thing.
That would be why we study colour.
I have begun a program at City and Guilds (on line). It is a certificate programme in 'Patchwork and Quilting'. This course is headed by the Kemshalls, Linda and Laura. Check them out at http://www.lindakemshall.com/Linda.htm
One of the exercises in the first unit is collecting items in a similar colourway.

Blue
Green
There are plenty of natural greens, but other than grass and trees other hues are challenging to find.

Yellow
Yellows tend to be light so I used creative licence and moved into the golds and oranges.







Orange

This is a great colour that has a bad rap!





Red



Great practise for composition.

This was a great exercise. Fun to execute and learned a lot!

The Kemshalls are a brilliant mother and daughter team who create great art, specializing in fiber, write books and have an on line degree programme. I have just enrolled in their class on Patchwork and Quilting for City and Guilds.


One of the first assignments is a paper about colour.


I love colour -- of course I am an artist!


I am fascinated by how colours interact with each other. So I have taken a piece I did a couple of years ago and photographed it on several different backgrounds.



Primarily made up of blue and green fabrics with orange threads I wondered how would it appear is different settings?


On white (top picture)


On soft Blue and tan print (second)



On a blue, green and tan batik (third)











And finally on a soft red and cream check (last)


How do you perceive them differently? Some backgrounds blend into the quilt more while others stand out and detract. Interesting which does what!

The implications are interesting... what colour have you painted and does it really set off your art, that rug?