Design Your Own Jewelry - Using Color to Express Yourself
Color is an important element in handmade beaded jewelry. Selecting the right tint to elicit different feeling and emotions is a unique craft. Many times the simple act of expressing ourselves with colors can be intimidating. Learning about the way a color wheel works can get us past the fear and help us design unique handmade beaded jewelry.
Design Your Own Jewelry - Using Color to Express Yourself
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A quick and dirty animation of images obtained by the Venus Express spacecraft. The images were obtained during orbit 1749 (one of the the so-‐called "VEX T...
Venus Express apogee 1749
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Think of color found in beads as containing all the beautiful hues of the planet. You can touch them, string them, weave them and fire them. No matter what you do they will always remain what they are, beads that you can incorporate into your handmade beaded jewelry. Beading is unlike any other art forms. Once paint is extracted from the tube or jar, it is usually gone forever. Unlike beads which, you can rearrange as many times until you are satisfied with the design.
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Design Your Own Jewelry - Using Color to Express Yourself
Remember the When you were a Child and You Loved to Paint Using your Crayola Box and its Wonderful Array of Shades?
Design Your Own Jewelry - Using Color to Express Yourself
Go Purchase a Box and Use the Crayons to Enhance your Handmade Jewelry and Sketching
To further understand how the use of color can enhance your handmade beaded jewelry, transport yourself back to your childhood and think of how you use color to express your feelings and your thoughts. Blending the wonderful colors of tempera to create all those interesting combinations, and sometime we would take them to the extreme until they became black or brown. We did not care, we just enjoyed the process. Adding color to our jewelry making is the same. It is a process that evolves and changes as you become more confident with the color combinations you use..
For good "adult measure", let's review the basics;
Primary: the three primary colors: red, blue and yellow. These are the three colors that serve as a base to all other colors.
Secondary: These are the colors found at the points between each corner of that triangle. Mix blue and red together and you will get purple. Red and yellow make orange. Yellow plus blue makes green.
Tertiary: are achieved by combining the secondary colors. They are the colors that lie in between the primary and secondary colors..
Things begin to get a little more complicated when we consider different combination using the color wheel. Do not let this intimidate you, remember practice is always helpful..
Analog: These are the colors found on either side of any given color. Often these are the colors schemes found in nature. Using analog colors in jewelry making usually feels harmonious. Secondary colors can often be an analogous color. Think of the turning of the leaves in the fall, those wonderful deep yellows, oranges and reds all together to give us a warm palette. The deep blues and light blues of the ocean create a cool palette..
Split Complementary Colors: This is a combination of a split complementary color and an analogous color. Using split complementary colors can give you a design with a high degree of contrast. When combined with the direct complimentary color it results in great color harmony.
Triad Colors: Triad colors are the three hues equidistant on the color wheel. When you want a design that is colorful and yet balanced a triad color scheme might be the way to go.
Applying the Theory to your Beaded Jewelry
The best rule to follow as you incorporate color into you handmade beaded jewelry, is to always remember that you need to please yourself first. The best color combination are those that make you feel great! Play and experiment, there are no mistakes to be made. Try different colors and a variety of combinations until you are satisfied with the results.
Using proper lighting can help you select the best combination for your handmade beaded jewelry. Invest in a natural light lamp. They can be expensive, but you will save your eyes and money in the long run. When designing your handmade beaded jewelry keep the background neutral. You may want to have both a black and white surface you can alternate as you decide on the colors you will use.
Many times, I will draw the different combination in my sketch book. This is particularly helpful when I am attending a bead show and want to select the right color beads to enhance my handmade beaded jewelry. I keep a box of Prismacolor pencils in my design table to use when I am considering different color combination. Another helpful tool is a color wheel, which you can purchase in an art supply store. Another wise investment is to purchase an artist guide to color book. Artist's Color Manual by Michael Jennings. This book combines useful information with appealing photos. It includes helpful color swatches and color theory basics.
Remember enjoy the process and the use of this theory to highlight you handmade beaded jewelry.
Design Your Own Jewelry - Using Color to Express Yourself
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