Now that the sampling is done for Winter Leaves, the weaving itself is fairly monotonous. I did indulge in an inexpensive MP3 player, to listen to downloaded books from my county library and librevox.org. The treadling pattern is fairly simple, so by combining the two activities, I have a very pleasant evening pastime.
With weaving underway, it's time to start thinking about the colors of the next season - spring. Both spring and summer leaves are green. So I have to ponder how to make the two weavings—Spring Leaves and Summer Leaves—distinctive. I want people to look at them and get which is which, rather than wonder which is which?
So I've been collecting greens. I've taken quite a few photographs, and posted them as color studies on my photography journal:
I plan to do another one on late summer greens as well.
From these, I've observed that, in general, new leaves in spring are a fresher, lighter, brighter green. Early summer leaves are turning darker; still bright, but not as light in value and hue. There are exceptions to this, of course, but for my purposes, I need color ranges that will enable a viewer to easily distinguish which is spring and which is summer.
For Spring Leaves, here are my color options
There's plenty of time to decide, however, as weaving Winter Leaves will likely take awhile.
4 comments:
I always think of yellows in spring colors. Do you have any lemon yellows to throw in the mix?
Valerie, when I was collecting photos, I noticed that a lot of spring leaves are warm greens. I looked yarns in warm greens, but I really don't care for them. They are more like pea and puke greens than spring greens. I do have a golden yellow in 8/2. I'll have to do some wrappings to see how it looks.
I love these colours, Leigh. Looking forward to seeing the work.
Thanks TB. Once I finish Winter Leaves, I'll definitely be ready for a change.
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