My moment of 4, 5, 6 inspiration went something like this:
“Holy wow! There is a note in the chromatic scale for each of the 12 hues! I will infuse my color wheel with the additional meaning by cutting out the shape of a little quarter note from the corner of each tile.”
That was my plan. But by the time I had chosen my 12 tiles, I was so pleased with the color flow and richness that trying to exacto a tiny note out of each one seemed extremely risky. Sigh. There would be no creativity after all. (But at least my color mixing abilities ROCK!)
Then, I found a compromise that made use of the required cover sheet. Tracing paper is much easier to cut!
“Now, I shall rest and enjoy the fruits of my labor.”
Little did I know what awaited me!
Meet the expanded 12-hue color set. Each pure hue becomes a family with a Tint, Tone, and Shade.
One of the exciting things about this chart is that many colors are recognizable in and of themselves. For example, the hue with a technical name of “blue-violet tint” is… periwinkle!
And some of them, in the end, just don’t fit.
Mixing all of these swatches (some many times over) took the entire afternoon. The best part? Making the periodic trek to the bathtub to rinse off my mixing palette and tools. I have chosen a field in which I am invited to make a mess. How great is that.
Is G’ma stressing about the white carpeting??
That makes a beautiful clock too!
Ok, so you do the art…then you artistically photograph it…then you add lovely art-deco text, etc…then you photograph your “artistic cleanup” (grandma’s gotta LOVE that!)…then you blog it…Ok, I’m tired now!
Where’d you get such consistent use of a camera?
Ha! Is it too much??
It all happened in the space of an afternoon/evening… on a day that I happened to be borrowing the Taylor’s camera.
And about the cleanup… I’m not sure G’ma is even aware that it’s going on. Having my own bathroom turned out to be a bigger blessing than I realized. 😉
Well, as you said, “overachieve” IS your default setting…;-)
Rachel, I think you are definitely in genius category here. The clean-up shot is delightful!
Rachel, I really do like the project, and the photo is great. Fun self-portrait of you there!