{"id":19022,"date":"2014-09-29T03:05:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T10:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19022"},"modified":"2014-09-29T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T23:07:32","slug":"encrusted-concrete-palette-premo-recipes-vol-077-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/encrusted-concrete-palette-premo-recipes-vol-077-b\/19022\/","title":{"rendered":"Encrusted Concrete Palette | Premo Recipes Vol-077-B"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Encrusted<\/a><\/a>1<\/span>-B<\/span>: Concrete<\/span>
\n2-<\/span>B<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Distressed<\/span>
\n3-<\/span>B<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Peat Moss
\n<\/span>4<\/span>–<\/span>B<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Encrusted<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In our previous Vol-077-A Series Color Recipe post for the David Russell Battery Palette<\/a>, the colors were inspired by a close up photo taken of the aging concrete walls at a historic military site in Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well today’s photo was taken in the same location, but of a lichen encrusted wall. It also makes for an interesting color palette, with a unique range of neutral tones.<\/span><\/p>\n

These concrete walls are more than 100 years old and have been battered by wind, storms and the salty sea air of the Pacific Ocean. They are pitted, distressed, rusted and covered in moss and lichens.<\/span><\/p>\n

What I love about this photo… no it is not it’s riveting subject matter of an old concrete wall… but its cool distressed textures and neutral based colors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neutral colors are grounding. They support and enhance the more vibrant colors and give them a non-competitive backdrop on which they can sing. That is why the ground, soil and rocks are neutral colors and the flowers are not… Mother Nature being the best artist of all!<\/span><\/p>\n

Neutral colors are more complex and the most tricky to mix accurately. Sure they are easy to make by accident… just mix together some random colors and you’ll most likely end up with a handful of mud colors. But try to mix the colors you actually intended (like from a photograph), and the task is much more difficult since they are a complex mixture of shades from all sides of the color wheel. This makes creating neutral color recipes a fun challenge for me, and a supportive help for you. Win-Win!<\/span><\/p>\n

Any who… this photo had some inspiring colors in a neutral palette that I thought you might love to add to your color repertoire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please enjoy this photo and the colors inspired by it for this October 2014 Vol-077 B-Series Palette!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Encrusted<\/a>Everyone who is subscribed to our Polymer Clay Guest List<\/a> will be able to download the following recipes free, one per week on Friday mornings during the month of October 2014:<\/span><\/p>\n