SOC4: week 6

Oh so sad…this is it…The Summer of Color is finished. Thank you, Kristen, for once again bringing us this great summer challenge.

Behold our last set of colors….Raspberry & Tangerine with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Lemon

I immediately thought of a hibiscus. photocredit

My drawing skills aren’t the best but I think given the size and shape this is a pretty good interpretation of one.The raspberry color is more pronounced in person…also could be the strong morning sun throwing it off a bit.

I love it…a nice tropical flower on a cool July day in Minnesota.

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201407/07

SOC4: week 5

Only one more week to go until The Summer of Color is done…unbelievable how fast 6 weeks can go.
This weeks colors…

Red & Royal Blue with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Light Blue

When I saw the red I knew I’d be using hearts on my page. I have a tiny bit of the light blue as wings on one heart. I tried to keep it to just a pop of that color this time.

The words are just something silly that jumped out at me from a book page.

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201406/30

SOC4: week 4

I can’t believe The Summer of Color is nearing it’s end…or am I just being a glass half empty sort of gal today? Regardless…here we are already at week 4 of 6.

Pink & Apple Green with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Dark Green

I took the liberty of choosing a brighter pink…mainly because from the computer..down the stairs to my art zone…I’d convinced myself that it was the neon pink color that was needed. Not sure why…maybe I was having a 1980’s flash back. Mallrats… Day glo…. Hypercolor…acid wash denim… Anyone with me?

This little bit of text happened to fall into my lap…. I thought it was fitting.

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201406/24

SOC4: week 3

Yikes…Kristen picked a little harder set of colors for me this 3rd week of The Summer of Color! On first inspection I thought….”sure, you got this”…but as it turned out…it was harder that I thought to come up with something.

Lavender & Grey with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Plum

It’s not my favorite journal page. My grey paint was way thicker than I wanted so the page looks too “flat” to me. Oh well…live and learn.

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201406/16

SOC4: Week 2

It’s time play along again with Kristen for week 2 of The Summer of Color.

The palette for this week is:Coral & Teal

with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Bright White

This one was a little out of my comfort zone but that’s what this challenge is all about.You’ll just have to take my word for it that the coral is more coral. I took over a dozen photos and played with them in Photoshop trying to get a realistic color representation of the real page but it was not meant to be today. My photo mojo is gone.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by over the past week to check out and comment on my week 1 entry. I’m hoping to make it around to everyone this week but I won’t make any promises.

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201406/09

SOC4: Week 1

Kristen, our wonderful hostess for The Summer of Color 4, couldn’t have picked a better set of colors to start us out.Aqua Blue & Yellow

With a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Hot Pink

Here’s my art journal page for today…

Love, love these colors!!

I’m not sure if I’m going to label each weeks journal page with a SOC4 but today it just seemed right.

Go check out what my fellow SOC4 artists come up with this week. I know I’ll be checking them out daily.

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201406/02

Summer challenge #2

It’s time to be inspired by weekly color prompts from Kristen of twinkletwinklelikeastar Hop on over to her blog to check it out. Once a week is a pretty small time commitment even with all the activity of summer.