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Quilting: depth-luster exercise
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depth-luster exercise

1st try

1st try
2nd try, using color tool

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Exercise from Joen Wolfrom's lessons on creating depth, luster, and luminosity- the first attempt with yellow background was not appealing to me-- I used Joen's color tool to identify the triad blue11, red 19 and yellow green 3 on the 2nd try and was really pleased with the results. :-)
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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Home Decor

For: Other

Style: Whimsical

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IMQUILTY
Oct 26, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The gold veining in the fabric is cool... were you inspired to use that after seeing Joen's fabric with the gold in it?
Seri on craftsy.com
Seri
Oct 26, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I was attracted to the fabric because of the light patches in it (was using the back)... then turned it over and liked the gold bits too. :-)
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Joen Wolfrom
Craftsy Instructor
Oct 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Hi Seri, Thanks SO much for doing these two blocks. I really appreciate it. Do you mind if I make a couple of comments and suggestions here? The background in this block is softer and grayer than your 2nd block. Therefore, it does not have the dramatic outcome. In this, the star points are the primary focus and the background supports them. Just a thought: If you feel this block is not as visually successful as you would like it to be, it may be because the three colors are not natural partners. The golden color and the orange-red may not be content with one another. If they were in an analogous blend, then they would be happy together. Here, they are both vying for our attention. A beautiful partner with your orange-red star points could be a soft aqua blue. They are natural complements and work well together. When you are using only three hues, it really helps to work in a limited analogous range, complementary, triadic, or monochromatic. There should be some natural relationship between the colors if you are looking for optimum beauty. I hope this makes sense. Thanks so much for sharing, as we all learn more about color while doing these activities. Joen.
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Joen Wolfrom
Craftsy Instructor
Oct 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The warmth of your orange-red really brings those star point forward. Nice use of fabric. If you had wanted your background to sit back a bit farther, you would have used a green that was softer and grayer than the bluish star points. The green fabric used in your background really creates drama. It works well because the bluish star points are darker in value and give visual strength. Good job. It looks very striking.
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Cat Sultan
Oct 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
How funny...I really like your 1st try colors so much better! I think that yellow background is oddly appealing and way more interesting than the green. Beautiful work on both of them though! Neat design and nice pointy points! (:
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Seri
Oct 20, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
thanks for commenting, I'm having fun with Joen's lessons-- it's alway fun to learn more about color.
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Eunique53
Oct 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I really like this one. Amazing how much difference the color makes
Seri on craftsy.com
Seri
Oct 20, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Yes, I was surprised. I started with the yellow background just to see how it would look... didn't like it much and in the past would have just randomly tried other things. Using the color tool was a great way to get an idea about what colors would look good together.

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