Selecting paints for your home. I assist my clients with this task regularly so I thought I would share what I have learned through the years with you. (NOTE: These are my own personal opinions and findings on this matter -- you may or may not agree with me and that's ok! Just wanted to share some basic guidelines that I follow when selecting paint colors.) I can totally appreciate why choosing the right paint color can be daunting. It's not easy! And if there are two or more of you trying to pick a color for a room -- that makes it even harder. And it doesn't help that there are literally THOUSANDS of paint colors and so many brands out there that you can choose from which makes this task even more overwhelming. MORE is not always good. :-/ So I am writing this to give you some pointers that may help you save time, money, and definitely some aggravation when trying to find the perfect shade for a room. Since there is a lot of info to cover on a subject like this I'm going to break up the information in 3 parts and will post each section every two days. Part 1 -- Selecting a color Part 2 -- Selecting the right finish (hues, saturation, etc.) Part 3 -- Helpful tips So please come back every other day to take a peek at each section! PART ONE Selecting a paint color Define your home's palette. First things first. Before you can pick a paint, you need to determine your home's color palette. Why is this important? When you walk into your home you want it to have a welcoming feel where each room flows effortlessly into the next -- with complimenting shades and colors from one room to the next. Ultimately, you want your home to look like you had a plan when you started decorating and not like each room was thrown together without a plan. (Emphasis on the word "ultimately!") How do you achieve this? Just take a look at your furniture, rugs or carpeting, your artwork and accessories -- would you say you have: neutral tones? a fall or spring palette? a pastel or jewel tone palette? maybe a primary color palette? Define your home's color palette Defining this is very important. You want your rooms to be cohesive with complementary color shades and tones. And when I mention room flow --- I am referring to the public access rooms where guests frequent to include your entry hall, your kitchen, living room, powder room, dining room, and other "common" areas. (Bedrooms need not be considered in this main color palette zone-- they are private rooms so you can handle them individually if you like.) Ideally, all of your rooms should share similar colors and tones but the formality might change. You are using the same colors, but their application goes from formal to casual depending on the room. Here are some images to illustrate the point. Thank you design-seeds.com and Pinterest for this awesome photos. Here is a great photo reflecting how rooms should flow together. Here's another nice visual on rooms flowing into each other using same/similar colors. Here is a nice neutral color palette from design-seeds.com A neutral room Jewel tones fill this room Deep vibrant jewel tone shades This area is layered with pastels. If your palette looks like this -- you are drawn to pastels. Primary colors compliment this room. Fall shades for your home A fall color palette is the basis of this decor Cheerful spring color shades These rooms flow with bright spring colors Another neutral room example. Neutral loveliness So once you determine the main color scheme or palette for your home you can begin your color selections from there. If you can --- pick your room color AFTER you have selected the fabrics, rug, and other pieces that you want to put in the room. You don't want to back yourself into a corner by picking a paint color first and then having to finding the right things to match. I prefer to start with the entry and connecting hallway(s). A nice neutral lighter color (like a shade of a white, cream or gray) works well since halls tend to have fewer (or no) windows so you want to keep this area bright and well lit especially in smaller spaces. Next you can begin selecting colors for the walls in your rooms making sure each paint shade works well with all connecting rooms. Research your color choice. The internet and Pinterest are great tools in helping to select rooms colors. Let's say you are looking for a paint color for your kitchen and the cabinets are white. Create a Pinterest page for kitchens you love and you will be surprised at how quickly you will see what shades your eyes are attracting you toward in each room. Once you have decided on a color (let's pretend you have selected gray) then you may want to Google search "popular gray paint colors" and see what is trending. via This will also help to assist you in narrowing down your choices. When I say -- "see what is trending" what I mean is what people are talking about and LOVING. Not the bold trendy accent colors (that you may use as an accent color for a lamp or pillow or rug) but a wall color... a trending nice basic wall color. That's what I'M TALKING 'bout. Now go and collect the paint chips, bring them home, and tape them to your wall. You would not believe what a difference that makes --- seeing them in your room. DID YOU KNOW the color completely changes depending on whether you are looking at it horizontally on your kitchen table versus holding it up vertically as it will be applied to your wall. It takes on a totally different shade. Try not to buy the paint you need unless you have brought home a swatch and/or a small pot of paint to try out. Your room's lighting is so different than a paint or hardware store's lighting and what looks good there may not look good in your room, trust me on this one! (Such a small investment to keep you from making a costly mistake.) Go buy paint samples. Once you've decided on some shades -- buy one or two or several paint samples to put on the walls of the room. If the walls already have a shade of paint on them you will need to paint your sample on a white poster board so the existing paint color doesn't show through giving you a poor sampling of the color you are considering. This method works best on painted walls! Give it a day or two. Check those paint swatches in the morning light, in the afternoon and the evening too. Check it by daylight and by lamp light. Paint colors change during the day as walls reflect light so you want to be sure you like the shade at all hours. When the sun goes down a color can wash out or become very intense, Once you do this, you should have a color that works! If not, bring home a few more and don't give up. (Luckily, paint sample pots are much smaller now so it's easier to try more colors.) I hope these little pointers have helped you. Again, I will post part 2 and 3 of this series so as not to overwhelm you. Thanks so much for stopping by and feel free to ask me questions! ~ Alison For fun you can help choose 2015's COLOR OF THE YEAR by clicking here
Our Iris Painter’s Palette was inspired by the ivory palettes used by the ancient Egyptians. Constructed from sustainable maple and vegetable-tanned leather, the palette is a simple way to transport your favorite paints, whether you mix your own pigments or squeeze them from a tube. The Iris fits in both the Classic and Mini Sendak Artist Rolls. In the wise words of Annie Dillard, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” At Peg and Awl, we are working to facilitate the making of art everyday and anywhere with objects that make packing and transport easy, whilst looking quite handsome. The wood is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC-certified wood was harvested from forests that are responsibly managed by environmentally conscious companies.
Our Iris Painter’s Palette was inspired by the ivory palettes used by the ancient Egyptians. Constructed from sustainable maple and vegetable-tanned leather, the palette is a simple way to transport your favorite paints, whether you mix your own pigments or squeeze them from a tube. The Iris fits in both the Classic and Mini Sendak Artist Rolls. In the wise words of Annie Dillard, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” At Peg and Awl, we are working to facilitate the making of art everyday and anywhere with objects that make packing and transport easy, whilst looking quite handsome. The wood is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC-certified wood was harvested from forests that are responsibly managed by environmentally conscious companies.
Our Iris Painter’s Palette was inspired by the ivory palettes used by the ancient Egyptians. Constructed from sustainable maple and vegetable-tanned leather, the palette is a simple way to transport your favorite paints, whether you mix your own pigments or squeeze them from a tube. The Iris fits in both the Classic and Mini Sendak Artist Rolls. In the wise words of Annie Dillard, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” At Peg and Awl, we are working to facilitate the making of art everyday and anywhere with objects that make packing and transport easy, whilst looking quite handsome. The wood is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC-certified wood was harvested from forests that are responsibly managed by environmentally conscious companies. DETAILS - Sustainable Maple from the USA - Vegetable-tanned leather cover - 12 wells - Designed to be used with watercolor and gouache paints - Finished with tung oil - Minimally packaged with tag and jute - Paint not included - Handmade in Philadelphia, PA | USA CUSTOM ENGRAVING Emmett, our laser engraving machine and in-house scribe, allows you to add your own story to many of our objects. Choose one of our customization options: • Name (1 line, 20 characters max.) • Quote (8 lines, 20 characters per line) The “Engraving Placements” diagram in the product images shows the placement and size of the text depending on your customization selection. You may add any text to these areas as long as it fits in the line and character limits. Please include your text to be engraved in the personalization box. Be sure to double-check your wording, spelling and punctuation for errors before submitting your order. We use the Garamond typeface for our engravings. CUSTOM-ENGRAVED OBJECTS ARE NOT RETURNABLE. THE SENDAK ARTIST ROLL The Mini: www.etsy.com/listing/643633859 The Classic: www.etsy.com/listing/551710037 MEASUREMENTS Inches: 7.5″ long by 2.5″ wide by 0.25″ thick Metric: 19.1 cm long by 6.4 cm wide by 0.6 cm thick MORE PEG AND AWL Website: www.pegandawlbuilt.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/pegandawl | @pegandawl Facebook: www.facebook.com/pegandawl Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/pegandawlbuilt Twitter: www.twitter.com/pegandawl SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER FOR 10% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER! https://pegandawlbuilt.com/pages/etsy-newsletter-signup Share with us: #pegandawl BACK TO OUR SHOP www.etsy.com/shop/pegandawl
Cleaning your paint palette. It's a chore that few artists enjoy, but it comes with the art. Discover the essential tips you need to clean it up.
Palette PNG Photo Images (High-Quality) with transparent backgrounds. You can freely use these Palette PNG images on your design projects.
This article examines the woirk of Henry Ossawa Tanner and his colour palette, looking at three of his works and recreating their colour relationships.
Портретов и автопортретов художников с палитрами несчётное множество. Так что ограничусь лишь несколькими из них и несколькими историческими палитрами. Annibale Carracci. Self-portrait Другая репродукция: Ecole flamande1620-30 Coques Gonzales (1614-1684)La Vue (Portrait de Robert van den Hoecke)…
Green is a colour that can easily overpower a painting and many painters find mixing greens a challenge. Here is a two step method for mixing greens.
(Above) Palette of van Gogh. (Above) Palette of Seurat. (Above) Palette of Renoir. (Above) Palette of Moreau. (Above) Palette of Gauguin. (Above) Palette of Delacroix. (Above) Palette of Degas. WHAT CAN AN ARTIST’S PALETTE tell you about that artist? Possibly a lot. Interesting how Georges Seurat’s palette, so organized with massive amounts of white, makes you feel like you can match the palette to his style. Van Gogh’s palette, thick with paint—showing the struggle and fight of creating his many masterpieces. Delacroix’s palette may be my favorite. The color is so beautifully controlled, and he has dozens of “dark” and restrained colors. And with Gauguin, I wonder, can we see the color of the Tahitian landscape there? I remember once getting the opportunity to hold in my bare hands one of Babe Ruth’s baseball bats, and one of his gloves. It was a rare and extraordinary experience few can say they have done. How would I feel to hold a palette that was once held by van Gogh or Gauguin? Incredible. Via The Telegraph.
I cannot believe it has been so long since I have posted a blog. Time has literally gotten away from me, and I have been down with a bad back and thought ,"hmmmmmm, I wonder when the last time I blogged was". Well.... sheeesh this is a bit rediculous !!!! I have been getting the showrooms ready for market next week and truly just overdid it!!! So now I am on here trying to remember how the heck I do this ! Getting ready for market is always a rush to get everything ready, The samples seem to always arrive later then expected, and they all need to be photographed to go onto the website, so buyers can see what the heck they are going to buy. I love to use the Antique barns on the property, the stalls and lofts usually make a dark worn background, even though most of it never really shows. ! This is just an example of some of the lighting for 2017 along with some fun new products. Then its off to the Showrooms to stage them with all the new products for the season, and this time it is over 600. Whew, that is a lot of items......... I started in Dallas, and there was an odd room in the center of the showroom that just bugged me. So finally I decided I couldn't take it any more, and we tore it out, but I seem to forget how much dust drywall can create!!!! Holy Cow did I make some serious dust !!! Deb ( The showroom manager) needed a riding vacuum to help with clean up...... It was pretty dusty, but we seemed to get it all cleaned up. There is always so many issues along the way, This poor deer needed some plastic surgery before he was put out on display ! Poor Dear !!!!!! or Poor Deer ! :-0 Sometimes I honestly doubt if I will get I will ever get Humpty Dumpty back together again. But it always seems to work out. I buy a lot of Antiques in Roundtop Texas, in fact I ended up buying some property down there (www.TheRendezvousRoundTop.com ) and put cabins and pavillions, for dealers to sell, and customers to stay twice a year for the Antique Week that is out of this world. Last time I purchased an incredible steel grain bin, and have used its curved walls in two showrooms, Atlanta and Dallas, while placing the roof in Dallas. It fits perfectly to complete the look of "The Rendezvous Collection" in Peacock Park design. I just adore these whimsical butterfly headbands and wreaths.....such celebration sensations! Add caption It always seems crazy when I just finished Christmas at home, I am decorating the showrooms for the Holidays all over again, just days after. It makes me feel a bit like scrooge, I have to admit, I am not as jolly in January!!!! Well, now that I remember how to post a blog, my New Years resolution will be to try to post a bit more often.....okay, a lot more often. Please accept my sincere apologies , and please come visit me in the showrooms if you are a retailer, and in Round top Texas if you are not. Happy New Year, lets hope this a very good year!
Vincent Van Gogh Some years ago the inventive German photographer Matthias Schaller who specializes in what he calls the “indirect portrait” was in the studio of Cy Twombly and happened to glance at the painter’s palette, smeared with pigments of various hues, but mainly a shade of red fairly close to the color of blood. It occurred to Schaller that the palette is arguably as identifiable to an artist as the artist’s work itself, even if created purely by accident. As he puts it, “The palette is an abstract landscape of the painter’s artistic production.” Schaller has created a series of marvelous photographs of the palettes of famous artists, each of which measures at roughly 190 x 150 cm. The collection, called “Das Meisterstück” (The Masterpiece), has appeared as an exhibition and is available in book form as well—for more information write an email to [email protected]. These are all utterly fascinating to gaze at; my favorites are those of Bacon and Kokoschka. They’re all pretty wonderful. Pablo Picasso Claude Monet Salvador Dalí Henri Matisse Piet Mondrian Marc Chagall Max Ludwig Kirchner Edvard Munch J...
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Pierre Bonnard in his studio, and a detail of his palette. Le Cannet, France 1945
Warren Chang Artist's Palette 21st century
Interior of an Artist’s Studio (1898). Louis Gontier (French, active 19th century). Oil on canvas. The studio contains working tools of the painter, including a palette with paints, brushes, prints or...
Vincent Van Gogh Some years ago the inventive German photographer Matthias Schaller who specializes in what he calls the “indirect portrait” was in the studio of Cy Twombly and happened to glance at the painter’s palette, smeared with pigments of various hues, but mainly a shade of red fairly close to the color of blood. It occurred to Schaller that the palette is arguably as identifiable to an artist as the artist’s work itself, even if created purely by accident. As he puts it, “The palette is an abstract landscape of the painter’s artistic production.” Schaller has created a series of marvelous photographs of the palettes of famous artists, each of which measures at roughly 190 x 150 cm. The collection, called “Das Meisterstück” (The Masterpiece), has appeared as an exhibition and is available in book form as well—for more information write an email to [email protected]. These are all utterly fascinating to gaze at; my favorites are those of Bacon and Kokoschka. They’re all pretty wonderful. Pablo Picasso Claude Monet Salvador Dalí Henri Matisse Piet Mondrian Marc Chagall Max Ludwig Kirchner Edvard Munch J...
Palettes of Famous Painters: The Degas palette The Degas palette above is from earlier in his career, when he was still using the earthy tones common to the Dutch tradition. It lightened considerably in later years as his subject matter altered. Although there are a number of prescribed ways in which to lay out oil paint – light to dark; as per the colour wheel; basic palettes of three colours and white – all artists begin by lining up pigments at the top of the palette and use the remainder of its space for mixing.
Our Petra Painter’s Palette was inspired by the ivory palettes used by the ancient Egyptians. Constructed from sustainable maple and vegetable-tanned leather, the palette is a simple way to transport your favorite paints, whether you mix your own pigments or squeeze them from a tube. The Petra fits in both the Classic and Mini Sendak Artist Rolls. In the wise words of Annie Dillard, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” At Peg and Awl, we are working to facilitate the making of art everyday and anywhere with objects that make packing and transport easy, whilst looking quite handsome. The wood is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC-certified wood was harvested from forests that are responsibly managed by environmentally conscious companies. DETAILS - Sustainable Maple from the USA - Vegetable-tanned leather cover - 6 paint wells - 1 mixing well sealed with natural EcoPoxy - Designed to be used with watercolor and gouache paints - Finished with tung oil - Minimally packaged with tag and jute - Paint not included - Handmade in Philadelphia, PA | USA CUSTOM ENGRAVING Emmett, our laser engraving machine and in-house scribe, allows you to add your own story to many of our objects. Choose one of our customization options: • Name (1 line, 20 characters max.) • Quote (8 lines, 20 characters per line) The “Engraving Placements” diagram in the product images shows the placement and size of the text depending on your customization selection. You may add any text to these areas as long as it fits in the line and character limits. Please include your text to be engraved in the personalization box. Be sure to double-check your wording, spelling and punctuation for errors before submitting your order. We use the Garamond typeface for our engravings. CUSTOM-ENGRAVED OBJECTS ARE NOT RETURNABLE. OTHER PAINTER’S PALETTE STYLES Iris (standard size / 12 paint wells): www.etsy.com/listing/726045960 Tilda (narrow size / 6 paint wells): www.etsy.com/listing/972801858 Helen (short size / 6 paint wells): www.etsy.com/listing/986760103 THE SENDAK ARTIST ROLL The Mini: www.etsy.com/listing/643633859 The Classic: www.etsy.com/listing/551710037 MEASUREMENTS Palette Inches: 7.5″ long by 2.5″ wide by 0.375″ thick Metric: 19.1 cm long by 6.4 cm wide by 1.0 cm thick Paint Wells (×6) Inches: 0.875″ long by 0.5″ wide by 0.25″ deep Metric: 2.2 cm long by 1.3 cm wide by 0.6 cm deep Mixing Well Inches: 2.25″ long by 2″ wide by 0.25″ deep Metric: 5.7 cm long by 5.1 cm wide by 0.6 cm deep MORE PEG AND AWL Website: www.pegandawlbuilt.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/pegandawl | @pegandawl Facebook: www.facebook.com/pegandawl Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/pegandawlbuilt Twitter: www.twitter.com/pegandawl SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER FOR 10% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER! https://pegandawlbuilt.com/pages/etsy-newsletter-signup Share with us: #pegandawl BACK TO OUR SHOP www.etsy.com/shop/pegandawl
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“lasciami immergere l’anima nei colori.. lasciami ingoiare il tramonto e bere l’arcobaleno” (Khalil Gibran)
The perfect gift for artists everywhere, the Shore & Marsh Wooden Painting Set brings you art essentials all stored beautifully in a wooden carry case.
Limited Palette of Anders Zorn Anders Zorn is the most well-known Swedish painter. Palette: Flake white, Yellow Ocher Vermilion Cool black (Ivory + cobalt blue) Warm black (Ivory + burnt Sienna)
Artists’ Palettes, L-R: Delacroix, Van Gogh, Monet, Seurat, Renoir, Gauguin
