For this one, I chose a photo with less orange and more blue. It's a winter sunrise, shot from the back of my goat barn.
I cropped a small section with colors that appeal to me.
I didn't tweak the overall color this time, but followed the same steps as last time to create my stripes.
As a standalone design unit, I can't think of much to do with it. My first idea was to change the width of the stripes for a towel or throw rug shape. I did this easily by elongating the image.
From there I experimented with duplicating the image and playing around with the arrangement.
One thing I'm realizing is that this is a different way to approach color choices. I typically start with a weave structure and choose colors for it. My problem, however, is that I always seem to gravitate toward the same colors. With this exercise, I had a different starting point, and ended up with colors I probably wouldn't have selected otherwise. And I could apply these colors and stripes to almost any weave structure.
It seems like this experiment is opening up all kinds of new possibilities.
1 comment:
I'm thinking the last one would make a lovely quilt.
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