I recently discovered a art and craft magazine tucked away on a shelf in a wonderful coffee shop. Thumbing its pages I came across a section given over to.....colour!! It was called "with one pallet" and three artist where invited to create a project each and choice their favourite colours to be used in it.
I was interested to see what reasons were behind their choice that they used in their beautiful creations.
For one artist she used a colour that she 'felt comfortable' with but challenged herself to use other ones 'outside her comfort zone'. Left over paint from a bedroom project was her inspiration with a striking accent colour of orange.
Another artist explained that for her the mention of a colour wheel sent her 'brain spinning'. Her thinking was do we really need a wheel to tell us about choosing colour??
For her she picked colours by 'how the colours made her feel'. She too started with a base colour and used the inspiration of vintage postcards and the colours that were on them to finish off her project.
From the third artist she spoke of choosing 4 colours that 'hit the high and low notes of the value spectrum'. Its hard to truly understand this explanation, not being a trained artist, but when she carries on that the colours she chooses 'reflects her mood', I being to understand more.
Having read and seen some of the pictures of art in this magazine, I can see the importance of colour and that it invokes emotion whether from the artist or the viewer.
It feels to me that colour is important when it comes to art. Colour choices can come from items used in a piece of art, something left over, used, new or old; can come from a feeling you want to portray or just what you fancy using at that moment in time. I guess sometimes just being bold and using different combinations can create unique pieces of art, one offs that will last for a life time.
I look forward to trying my hand at using different colours to create....and posting the results!!
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