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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.<\/span><\/p>\n The cool thing about a photo is that all the colors within it naturally go together. It is something about the lighting and the way the camera picks up the colors. Don’t ask me how it works, I’m not that technical. But instinctively I can see it with my eyes. It’s probably one of the reasons I am drawn to color and art.<\/span><\/p>\n For a lot of people, color is this weird mysterious, difficult thing to master and color mixing is something very hard for them. If you are one of those people, don’t despair! With continued exposure to color recipes, new palettes, color theory and ideas, you too will begin to develop an eye for color mixing polymer clay.<\/span><\/p>\n Based on the photo above I mixed up a batch of polymer clay colors that are fresh, interesting and flow together quite nicely. Adding a little sparkle and transparency to the flowers and ferns, captures the look of the water on the leaves. For the twig color, I got that from the dark shadow behind the flowers and kept that color opaque and matte to contrast the petals and foliage.<\/span><\/p>\n Feel free to use this color palette however you choose in your polymer clay beads. If you do use it, send me some pictures. The more variety you can see with a single color palette the more you’ll understand its potential. I’ll make up some canes and beads with this palette and post them sometime if you like.<\/span><\/p>\n Spring 2008 Polymer Clay Color Palette The actual size of each recipe card is 4″ x 6″. <\/span><\/p>\n Two recipe cards are published every single week. The A-Series cards are included with the weekly video membership option at my Polymer Clay Tutor Library<\/a> (Very Affordable Pricing :)<\/em>
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The color recipes that were previously posted in this space [Fern Leaf, Rhododendron, Twig and Parchment]<\/strong> have been re-formated onto convenient downloadable index cards like the sample pictured to the left. <\/span><\/p>\n
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