Adventures in Design

Adventures in Design

Author: Joen Wolfrom

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1607051729

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Bring more beauty and balance to your quilt designs • Everything you need to know about the essentials of good design from an internationally reknowned expert • Learn about the key elements of design and how to apply strategies for success • Practice what you've learned with exercises at the end of each chapter • An inspiring gallery illustrates design concepts by many prominent quilters and artists - including Alex Anderson, Paula Nadelstern, and Ricky Tims - with over 150 images showcasing all styles of quilts and fabric art, from traditional to modern This is the design textbook for quilters. Joen presents the eight elements of design: line, direction, shape, color, value, texture, proportion, and scale. You'll learn how to work with these elements using many guiding design principles, such as unity and balance. Whether you consider yourself to be a quilter, an artist, or a crafter, you can improve your design skills by exploring Joen's fresh, innovative approach.


Color Play, Second Edition

Color Play, Second Edition

Author: Joen Wolfrom

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1607059657

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New and improved! The essential guide to the art of color Color. It has the power to set a mood, make a statement, bring a design vividly to life. Now Joen Wolfrom’s classic guide to creating with color has been completely updated to make it easier than ever to enhance your creative work with the beauty of well-chosen colors. Joen covers it all, from color combining basics to how to use nature’s tricks to create an illusion of depth, reflections, shadows, and highlights. Learn the emotional meanings of colors, their physical effects on people, and much more - all richly illustrated with photos of nature and of beautiful quilts. • A feast for the eyes - over 100 new quilt photos show how to use color effectively • A must-have reference; includes swatches of tints, shades, and tones for all 24 colors in the Ives Color Wheel • A spark for your imagination: Try out five different color schemes for each of the 24 colors


Complete Color Charts for My Arts - Color Swatches Themes, Color Wheels, Image Inspired Color Palettes

Complete Color Charts for My Arts - Color Swatches Themes, Color Wheels, Image Inspired Color Palettes

Author: Artsy Betsy

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-16

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781661558703

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★ To Preview Layouts, check the back cover of the book ★ With this book, you will have fun trying and testing your art supplies and creating some exceptional personalized themes and color combinations based on new inspirations, moods, images... You can mention each theme you created with its page number in the customizable table content, which will keep you more organized and makes it easy to find when you need it. TIP: Even the paper of this book is a premium quality, and thick enough, it's better to place a piece of cardboard paper under the page while coloring to prevent any eventual unwanted bleed through and indents. In this book, we have three different creative ways to swatch colors: Color Swatches Themes: ◆ Swatch out your markers, colored pencils and gel pens with these 48 colors blank boxes per page, perfect for any art sets. ◆ You can create your color themes based on your design style, your art supplies, different hues of each color and combinations, there is a blank page for each swatch page that allows you to test and try colors before referencing them in boxes or you can also take some free notes and do some sketches... ◆ These 1920 blank color boxes (48 boxes/page x 40 pages) are the perfect way to see the color quality of your art tools.. Color Wheels: ◆ Don't let the color wheel intimidate you, start playing with fun color combinations and practice more the color theory with 20 color wheels and 12 color boxes each. ◆ The color wheel is a chart representing the relationships between colors. It will serve you in many purposes as an artist, and you can use it to identify colors to mix and match and choose colors that go well together. ◆ It will help you identify harmonious color combinations and develop the appropriate color scheme. Image Inspired Color Palettes: ◆ If you love to find coloring inspirations in beautiful photos and images, this part is perfect for you! ◆ Nothing inspires more than an amazing picture, these color palettes will give you ideas and inspire unique astonishing color combinations that you may not have thought of otherwise. ◆ This part will enable you to catalog those combinations and apply them to your art.


2000 Color Combinations

2000 Color Combinations

Author: Garth Lewis

Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764142208

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Offers a resource of two thousand color combinations for graphic designers, containing RGB and CMYK readings for print, Web, and pigment color designs.


Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool

Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool

Author: Joen Wolfrom

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 1607052466

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New! Includes CMYK and RGB formulas, plus Hex numbers for web site design Improved! Larger color swatches and expanded guidelines for use - 24 color cards plus an in-depth instructional guide make color planning easy - Handy, take-along size-refer to it at home, in your studio, or while shopping - Based on the Ives Color Wheel - Over 100,000 sold!


The Color Star

The Color Star

Author: Johannes Itten

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 1986-10-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780471289319

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Consisting of eight stencil-like disks that can be placed over ltten's color wheel to compare cool and warm values, complementary colors, and different hues and intensities, this useful and innovative tool helps designers explore a myriad of harmonious color.


Jinny Beyer's Color Confidence for Quilters

Jinny Beyer's Color Confidence for Quilters

Author: Jinny Beyer

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780844226392

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Introduces the Master Palette system for quilters who want to develop colour confidence quickly and easily - without studying frmal colour theory


The Quilter's Field Guide to Color

The Quilter's Field Guide to Color

Author: Rachel Hauser

Publisher: Lucky Spool

Published: 2019-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781940655369

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Forget the dry color theory! This guide is fun, conversational, practical, and beautifully inspiring. The one-of-a-kind resource for modern quilters includes hands-on exercises with a true workbook approach to help evaluate color choices. A 150-color swatch card is included.


In Love with Squares & Rectangles

In Love with Squares & Rectangles

Author: Amy Walsh

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 1607056445

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Squares and rectangles are not just for beginners! Fabric-lovers—you’ll agree with Amy Walsh and Janine Burke that sewing basic patterns with straight lines is just about the quickest and most satisfying way to get yourself to a finished quilt. Ten quilt projects include yardage and cutting requirements for multiple-sizes. Enjoy stress-free piecing, easy construction, and learn how to alter patterns for completely different looks by resizing the blocks, trying a different setting, or changing the color palette. With fun, no-fuss patterns like these, you’re free to explore all kinds of exciting possibilities with different colors, fabrics, and layouts!