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Pull a palette - make something new

7/23/2020

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Here's a truly delicious colour exercise that you might just return to again and again.
We're going to build a colour palette based on an image. You'll be amazed at how effective (and enjoyable) this little bit of play can be. Ready? Here we go ...
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STEP 1 Choose an image that you find interesting. Don't over think it!
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STEP 2  Assign materials to represent each of the colours in your image.
You can work this exercise in any medium. Match your image with yarn, fabric, paint etc..
For this demo I'll do some knitting but further on I've created hand spun yarn and a quilt using the same method. This is a terrific palette builder for weavers as well.
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​STEP 3 Set your materials aside for a moment and get out your scissors or rotary cutter.
We're going to divide the image into 1 inch strips.
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​STEP 4 Now cut the long strips that you've made into 1" cubes.
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​STEP 5 Determine how many squares are represented by a given colour. Squares with multiple colours can be counted in halves or quarters. Using this count assign a percentage to each. You now have a working palette complete with the proportions of each colour to be used.
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STEP 6  Implement your new palette using the proportions that you've calculated. This is the exciting part! Go crazy! Have fun.
Knitting a proportional swatch is easy. In this case I knit 100 rows. Thirty six rows (36%) of light blue/grey were mixed with 22 rows of dark purple, 18 rows of light purple etc..
​Keep scrolling for quilted and hand spun samples.
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​TIP
Use a clear grid to count off colour blocks if you'd like to preserve the source image.
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THE THREE MUSICIANS UNBALANCED
For this next experiment I decided to have a bit of fun playing on the work of Picasso.
The Three Musicians is a painting which delights me in so many ways. Among other things is it's exciting use of warm and cool colours. Using the same cut and count method as above, I attempted to represent colours proportionally. The quilt was made in a very free-form style. It was fun to put together, all the while learning about the painting  itself.
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​SPINNERS
Last but not least. This one's for you.
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