Create Garden Color the Artist's Way
By JENNIFER FORKER Associated Press
April 24, 2013 (AP)
Long a companion for artists, the color wheel can also be a handy tool for gardeners.
Gardening author Sydney Eddison created a wheel that has 252 colors instead of the usual 12. That's because nature doesn't work with a limited palette, she says.
"In nature you have already been dealt this hand. You only have to learn how to play it," she says...
The Color Wheel Company donates Color Wheels
Kala Raksha, a weaving design school for artisans in India, uses our Color Wheels for instruction and creation of the pieces.
The first course of the 6 course year is Colour: Sourcing from Heritage and Nature. The artisans learn to look at colour in new ways, to SEE and understand colour. The colour wheels help them to understand colour relationships. The placement really helps to get the concepts such as complementary colours. The men, who are dyers and weavers, have to actually make colours, so the colour wheels give them a benchmark to aim for.
School's web site: www.kala-raksha.org
Creative Color Wheel is now available!
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Magic Palette Color Matching Guide
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Color Theory Resources
We have put together some Color Theory resources to help you learn more about color. It will provide you with practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combinations. Start learning Color Theory now!
Digital ViewCatcher™
Digital ViewCatcher™ is used to improve composition of your still-life objects and focal points. Plein-aire artists now have a digital tool to assist with the composition of that perfect landscape. Use the Digital ViewCatcher™ to isolate an image or scene you want to capture while eliminating the extraneous information around the edges. Learn more...
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iCompose™
iCompose™ is used to assist composition of your still-life objects and focal points. Plein-aire artists now have a digital tool to assist with the composition of that perfect landscape. iCompose™ is a simple version of Digital ViewCatcher™.
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Released: Dec 15, 2009
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Sydney Eddison, author and collaborator with The Color Wheel Company on The Gardener's Color Wheel, recently completed her new book and was featured on The Martha Stewart Show. Click here to watch interview with Sydney.
The Secrets to Color Harmony by Dan Bartges
Dan Bartges, author of The Secrets to Color Harmony, in cooperation with Arts and Activities Magazine is publishing a series of 10 articles of how to use the Color Wheel on creating better paintings. Starting in September 2010, each month Dan will present a lesson in understanding color harmony and offering various techniques.
The first article of the series, "Cracking the Color Code", begins in September 2010 isue of Arts and Activities Magazine.