Tag Archives: exploring colour

Art journal peek: Painted balls of sunshine

Posted on 2012-01-17 by iHanna

Working in/with Creative Discovery, exploring the circle and all its colours. Circles that starts to shine as soon as I’ve painted them, turning into little balls of sun. Related PostsPainting on fabric with acrylics Art Journal Peek: Heart Patterns Roses … Continue reading →

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Build a rainbow

Posted on 2011-12-01 by iHanna

Want to build a huge beautiful rainbow? This is my advice: pick just one colour and start there. If you try to start with all of the colours you end up with what is known as brain overload. The millions … Continue reading →

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I like the colour of lips

Posted on 2011-08-18 by iHanna

Mmmm, colours! I can never get enough of them. Right now I like the colour of… …lips! And the colour of… …the Swedish forest. And what about these colours: Related PostsFlick through past photos Right now I’m really digging… Make … Continue reading →

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Colour swatches and poetic words

Posted on 2011-07-18 by iHanna

Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches. /Federico García Lorca This months crusade is about colours and naming them. It’s a welcome reminder that the Art Journal is an ongoing experiment, and it should never become a … Continue reading →

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Colour Studies in a sketchbook

Posted on 2011-02-11 by iHanna

Two weeks ago it was art journal check in week 4 here at the blog so this week it is already week 6 of this year. I have been really creative taking photos and teaching my first class. And also … Continue reading →

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Creative Nudge: Mix some gray!

Posted on 2011-01-13 by iHanna

Today, as a creative exercise: paint a whole page (or spread) in your art journal gray! Mix black and white together if you don’t have a tube of gray. This is a Diana Trout inspired Creative Nudge (this one is … Continue reading →

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Monochromatic Green Page

Posted on 2010-08-31 by iHanna

The Green spread is the last of the monochromatic pages that I have made so far. Making a monochromatic page is like doing a little colour investigation. I picked up all the green pens from my pen box and it … Continue reading →

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Monochromatic Orange Art Journal Page

Posted on 2010-08-25 by iHanna

Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow. /Kandinsky The fourth spread in my Monochromatic Series, and the colour is happy orange. I’m not sure if it is true but I heard that orange is the colour of creativity. … Continue reading →

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Monochromatic Pink Art Journal Page

Posted on 2010-08-20 by iHanna

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. /Georgia O’Keefe Continuing to paint in The Monochromatic Series, as I’ve come to call it. Art … Continue reading →

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Ruby Red Page

Posted on 2010-06-20 by iHanna

Isn’t red a beauuuuutiful colour? And the different names are so beautiful and magic, like Carmine, cherry, crimson, ruby red, cadmium, quinacridone, blood red, maroon, cardinal red, scarlet, magenta… It is the colour of our heart and the blood it … Continue reading →

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