Keeping It In Balance

For this week’s Color Me Monday combination, I’ve chosen a mix that takes me back to last week’s scheme of red, green and brown. This week’s variation features Cranberry, Cocoa, and Garden Green, grounded with Colonial White. These two weeks’ combinations perfectly illustrate a great lesson in color balance: when you’re working with 3-4 colors, select no more than two to be your “wowie” colors. If all the colors are bold, your artwork will lack restfulness and pleasing composition. On the other hand, if all four of your colors are muted, nothing will “pop” and it will be bland and undifferentiated.

Last week, my “wowie” colors were Cranberry and New England Ivy, and I chose a softer brown, Desert Sand, to round out the mix. This week, my “wowie” colors are Cranberry and Cocoa—a much richer, eye-grabbing brown. Because I had my two “pop” colors, I dialed back the green from New England Ivy and used Garden Green instead. Voila! I have a unique twist on the same color scheme idea, with completely unique results!

P.S. I absolutely love the “Lynton”—which is made from stacked Dimensional Elements monograms, covered in paper and painted. Can you believe it?

Here’s my recipe for 3-D LYNTON:

D1384 My Acrylix® Neighborhood
D1369 My Acrylix® Delightful Things
1244 Garden Green Cardstock
1388 Colonial White Cardstock
1272 Cranberry Cardstock
X5642 Cocoa Cardstock
Z2316 Cranberry Exclusive Inks® Marker
Z2120 Garden Green Exclusive Inks® Pad
Z2114 Cocoa Exclusive Inks® Pad
Z2320 Garden Green Exclusive Inks® Marker
Z1019 Dimensional Elements Fresh Shapes
Z281 White Hemp
Z1146 Pewter Designer Brads
Z1066 Dimensional Elements Monograms "L"
Z1079 Dimensional Elements Monograms "Y"
Z1068 Dimensional Elements Monograms "N"
Z1074 Dimensional Elements Monograms "T"
Z1069 Dimensional Elements Monograms “O”
Balsa Wood for the base