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Working with Tones in Fabric, Paint, or Other Medium (Playing with Color...
In the last post we discussed the fourth color scale—the tone scale. Since toned colors are the most prevalent in the world, it’s worthwhile thinking about how we can work most effectively with them....
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Let Tones Work for You (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
The softly-colored dahlia (above) has a hint of grayness in its rosy pink color. The tone scale is the most used group of colors in the world. Regardless, letting tones work their magic in a design...
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Paint Tones from Your Favorite Colors (Color Play Series by Joen Wolfrom)
All colors in this photo are tones—even the dark ones. To see how tones are created—and to get a sense of what they’re all about—up close and personal, I invite you to have a paint-play day—painting...
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Create your own color cascade (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
It’s true—-it’s time to bite the bullet and have some fun and let your imagination take you away to create your own color cascade in a project of your choice. In these past ten months, we’ve...
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High Value Colors Create Beautifully Subtle Designs (Playing with Color...
December Water Reflection in Florida As many of you mentioned in your comments and emails, value is a strong link to beautiful works of art. It is color’s most important silent partner. To clarify,...
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Dark Colors (Low-value Colors) Need Value Contrast (Playing with Color Series...
Colors that are dark are considered low in value or low-valued. These colors are visually heavy. They weigh much more than those high-value colors that we discussed in the last post. Because...
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Middle values—A Most Difficult Value Range (Playing with Color Series by Joen...
Greetings to you this beautiful fall day. The leaves are beginning to turn color—oh happy day! Before beginning a new fall project, let’s think about one more value concept—the middle value color...
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Violet Costs How Much? (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
Some Fun Color History Since many of you are painting to your heart’s desire now, as you do the first lessons of my online Color Play for Quilters class at Craftsy.com, I thought you might be...
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Great Quilts—-Using The Tone Scale (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
Greetings to you today. In this post I have included a group of quilts from the 2012 IQA Show in Houston. You will notice that they differ in style, technique, subject matter, and coloring. Look...
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Fabulous 2013 Houston Quilt Show (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
The 2013 Houston Quilt Show was fabulous! It featured the prestigious IQA Show (the International Quilt Association Show), as well as a wide array of other quilt exhibits. Included were quilts of...
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Tiger—A Purr-fect Cat in Toned Colors (Playing with Color Series by Joen...
Tiger—– the purr-fect cat dressed in tones Tiger by Jeannie Moore There were many amazing quilts exhibited at the 2013 Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. One quilt that caught my eye for a variety of...
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