The rule of thirds
The rule of thirds can be applied to many aspects of design. It’s found in nature— even on your face— and just about every product…
Colour scheme #6
Today’s colour scheme can be used in a variety of ways—it looks terrific in delicate floral quilts. As some of the colours are quite striking,…
Jazzing up your pictorial quilt
So you have a photo you want to use for a pictorial quilt but it’s not quite right just yet, so what do you do?…
Colour scheme #5
Using red, yellow and blue can be cleverly done by using tints, tones and shades. Blending the colours will create some murky colours but the scheme will…
Colour scheme #4
This is a more unusual colour scheme but it works well. Here, greyed plum tones are offset with some burnt orange. The greys with green…
Colour scheme #3
Colour scheme #3 contains more earthy tones that look great when separated by the black/charcoal colour. Normally I don’t tend to mix browns with different…
Colour scheme #2
This mix of earthy colours has become a favourite of late. It may look like a medium to dark colour scheme, but try using light and dark…
Colour scheme #1
Welcome to the first of many colour schemes to be posted. I’ve made up my own colour chips in Photoshop using a photo of a stained…
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