Pick a Palette

#1 Cool greens

Spring continues to burst into bloom in South Carolina. This week, I’ve made a few leaf prints in warm greens and yellows to add to my collection of collage fodder.  Thinking about what to make next, I’ve gathered prints into groups. I look for the following design elements…

  • Color combinations that suit the season
  • Light, middle, and dark values. I like some black and white elements in addition to colors.
  • Organic shapes (leaves, flowers, bark) and structural shapes (stone walls, grids, stripes)

You can help me decide which one to do next. Which of these groupings of collage papers do you like the best? Is there a piece you would eliminate? Would you emphasize one of these design elements (color, value, shapes) more than the others? Let me know what you think in the comments and I’ll consider your ideas in my next collage.

#2 Yellow and green with ochre and black

#3 Warm greens, ochre

#4 Pink and Green

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8 Comments

  1. Pam April 14, 2020 at 3:35 pm #

    I love #2. I don’t know why!
    You are doing such great work with these prints.
    💕Pam

  2. George April 14, 2020 at 7:00 pm #

    Love the Cool Greens, Cindy.

  3. Nancy Washington April 14, 2020 at 7:24 pm #

    Hi Cindy, I really love what you are doing with the leaves and other items from nature in your collages. I especially like the elements in no. 3.
    Hope you all are staying well and safe.
    Happy Spring!
    Nancy

    • lucindahowe April 14, 2020 at 7:46 pm #

      Thanks, Nancy. Hope you are staying safe and well, also!

  4. Ann Masek April 15, 2020 at 2:56 am #

    I love the green and yellow, it just seems to say Spring but everything you are doing with colors and designs are very striking I picture so many of your creations as scarves I would love to wear. Thanks for sharing!

    • lucindahowe April 15, 2020 at 1:38 pm #

      Thanks, Ann.I love the idea of wearing these designs as scarves.

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