Archive for Color Theory – Page 2

Color Quiz Helps Polymer Clay and Jewelry Artists with Mixing Colors

Polymer Clay Color IQ Test

Do You Know Your Color IQ? This Test Will Improve Your Color Intelligence!

Understanding colors and how to mix them is something that is difficult for many. I think the reason is that most peoples’ eyes are not trained to see the Read More→

Some Polymer Clay How To Tips For Creating Beautiful Jewelry Colors

Polymer Clay Summer Color Palette

Is Fimo Color Mixing A Challenge For You? Here’s 4 Creative Ideas To Ponder:

A very common challenge for many people working with polymer clay, is how to create colors that go well with each other. In other words how to create a color Read More→

Fall Jewelry Designing – Bead Making Color Inspiration From Nature

Fall Colors

Do the Seasons Inspire Your Jewelry Making Projects?

Fall has finally arrived and as usual, there is lots of buzz happening from beaded jewelry designers, fashion experts and polymer clay artists about the Autumn colors, Fall leaves, Halloween and Read More→

Ideas and Instructions – Polymer Clay Projects Using Scrap Clay

Scrap Polymer Clay

Left over Premo, Sculpey, Fimo & Kato Polyclay can be used for making beads, color mixes & polymer clay molds:

If you ‘play’ with polymer clay, you are definitely going to end up with lots of scraps. They come from cane designs that didn’t Read More→

Fall Jewelry Pumpkin Beads | Polymer Clay Colors | Autumn Flowers

Zinnia Orange Pumpkin Earrings

The fun connection between halloween earrings, Fimo clay and the Zinnia flower:

Since the pumpkins around here don’t ripen up until sometime in October, I ended up looking to the Zinnias in my garden for some earring color inspiration. Read More→

Make Polymer Clay Bathroom Knobs | Glass Beads | Clay Color Mixing

Your Questions Answered

1) Clay covered decorative knobs and handles to use on bathroom closet and cupboard doors.

2) Embedding glass bead pieces into Fimo polymer clay.

3) Organizing your polyclay color mixing samples. Read More→

Making Beads with a Mod Polymer Clay Cane for Cool Jewelry Projects

Mod Cane and Tube Bead

Jewellry making is more fun when the beads you use are made by YOU!

The upper left image in this photo is a modern funky polka dot cane. Slices from this cane were added to the surface of the tube bead also pictured. Read More→

More About Mixing Polymer Clay Colors with a Summer Sunflower Theme

Polymer Clay Summer Palette

Understanding how to mix Primo / Fimo / Sculpey colors so they flow together, is a big part of creating great polymer clay beads and jewelry!

In today’s post I’m going to talk about choosing clay colors for creating palettes, as well Read More→

Learning About Polymer Clay Color Mixing – Maggie Maggio Style

Maggie Maggio Color Scales

Having trouble figuring out how to mix polymer clay to get the colors you want? You’re not alone!

One of the most difficult skills to master when it comes to making polymer clay beads, is learning how to mix colors. In fact, my Read More→

Summer Sunflower Fun – Polymer Clay Color Mixing Recipes

Summer Sunflower Polymer Clay Colors

Let this polymer clay sunflower color palette inspire your jewelry bead making creativity:

The photo was taken from our garden last year and it inspired me to create a mix of Premo recipes just for you. With a pinch Read More→

Part 3 – Making Polymer Clay Beads from a Spring Color Palette

Springtime Polymer Clay Pendant

Go Figure… It’s Not Until the First Official Day of Summer that You Finally Get to See My Springtime Fuchsia Bead Collection:

Even though my seasonal clock is a bit off, I wanted to show you what I’ve been up to Read More→

Some Polymer Clay Canes Made from a Spring Color Palette

Polymer Clay Canes from Spring Color Palette

How to make polymer clay canes inspired by every day beauty:

The other day I wrote about mixing up a palette of spring clay colors inspired by the rhododendron flowers in my garden. Read More→

Mixing a Polymer Clay Spring Color Palette

Mixing Polymer Clay Spring Colors

A Rho-do inspired polymer clay color palette for making some pretty Spring jewelry:

Today I was inspired to create a new spring color palette by a photo my husband Doug took of the Rhododendrons and Ferns in our garden. Read More→

The Art of Polymer Clay – Creative Inspiration

The Art of Polymer Clay

Ideas for polymer clay art can come from even the most unlikely places:

Although this photo looks like a modern art painting, it is actually a close-up of the sun-baked windshield on a paint splattered car! Read More→

Polymer Clay Cane Designs Inspired by Dainty Spring Flowers

Polymer Clay Cane Inspiration from A Beautiful Pansy Flower

Some ideas and techniques on how to make polymer clay canes patterned from beautiful spring flowers:

I love Spring and I love Johnny-Jump-Ups even more! These cheerful little pansy flowers jump up like weeds all Read More→

Alcohol Ink Techniques and Recipes for Polymer Clay Artists

Alcohol Ink Techniques and Recipes

Some techniques for making your own alcohol ink recipes that will save you a bundle:

If you have been exposed to the crafting market for any length of time, you are probably already familiar with some of the cool alcohol ink techniques. Read More→

Red Polymer Clay Color Mixing Tips – A Riveting Story About Saturation

Red Polymer Clay

Vid #21: Not all Red’s Are Created Equal:

Wow! You must really be a fanatic to click on a headline that promises to share riveting stories about Mixing Red Polymer Clay :-). Don’t worry though. I’m crazy about clay too so we’re in the Read More→