Saturday 22 February 2014

Focus On Life - Capturing Colour

This week over at the Studio Sublime Sally asked us to "capture colour in all it's vivid brilliance".  This suited me just fine, as I have a pretty vibrant project going on at the moment - in my last blog post I showed the gelli printing I've been doing around the theme of coral.  I decided to photograph some of the bits and bobs I've been using to transform them from plain prints into pieces of art.
I am loving the colour scheme of red and lilac - it happened quite by accident, starting off as red and blue but with the paint mixing on the gelli plate and roller the blue turned into a lilac colour.  

 I fell in love with these beads a long time ago and have never known what to use them for, they've been waiting for the perfect project!  I'm very pleased they work so well with the prints - a small justification for buying things I really don't need but can't resist!

20 comments:

  1. Such beautiful colours. I can see why you couldn't resist those beads, They remind me of beautiful coloured fish eggs.

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  2. Well I never! Who would have thought that red and lilac worked so well? I adore that silver shell bowl filled with those gorgeous beads....I wouldn't want to use them , I'd be happy to just look at them and ruffle my fingers through their glassy beauty :-)

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  3. Wow! what a color combination I really like the close up shot of the beads the lighting is great!

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  4. These colors are just gorgeous! I love those beads!! I can't wait to see what you're working on!

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  5. I think I have some similar beads. The bowl full looks lovely!

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  6. These lilac beads are just gorgeous! I can see how you fell in love with them :)

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  7. Beautiful colors! I have a similar bowl in pewter. I have a strong need to fill it with beautiful beads now!

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  8. Diana your photos are outstanding. You captured color beautifully. Those beads are awesome. I can see why you bought them.

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  9. You certainly have 'captured it' - those beads are just amazing. Well done for not resisting them :)

    Karen x

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  10. Those beads are gorgeous and like fuzzie Fingers I too think they look like fish eggs.
    Lynn xx

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  11. Wow, such vibrant color! The color combo is truly fabulous and those beads are just gorgeous. Very inspiring, Diana!!

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  12. Beautiful photographs Diana, I love the colour combination and the composition. I may have to head out to the shed and try some red and lilac beads, they look wonderful together.

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  13. My absolute favorite pic of this week...they look like sweet bubbles!

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  14. You captured color so beautifully this week. I hope you show us the finished project.

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  15. Those beads look like they're from out of this world!!! I love all your color photos this week!!!

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  16. I can see why you fell in love with those beads. They would look great in a wrapped bracelet, which I have on the brain right now. I am making one with seashells and the blue of your beads would be a perfect "beachy" complement!

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  17. Love the colours! They are so vibrant and full of life.

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  18. A gorgeous color combination. Have fun with them!

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  19. Wow. You beautifully captured the colors of your beads. I love the translucent quality you captured!

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  20. Gasp! i need me some o those beads! Your pictures are so graceful and gorgeous.

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