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The Skinner Blend Challenge: Will I Ever Go Back To Doing Polymer Clay Color Gradients The Old Way? My husband Doug was really<\/em> amazed when he saw the modified Skinner Blend technique that I now use exclusively, for doing<\/span> ALL of my polymer clay color gradients.<\/span><\/p>\n “That’s way quicker and easier than what you demo’d in the original Skinner Blend video we filmed a couple of months ago,”<\/span> he said.<\/strong><\/em> “Everyone is going to love this! Especially beginners! Is there any reason why someone would still do a color blend the old way? Where did you learn this technique anyway? It’s amazingly simple to understand!”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n SIDE NOTE:<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Here’s a link to an article where I first introduced my modified Skinner Blend technique. By the way, it was my DH who insisted that I coin this as the Teardrop Method: It was very encouraging to see Doug’s enthusiasm. And to answer his question about where I learned the technique… <\/span><\/p>\n …I thought this one up all on my own. It just came to me one day when I was rolling tear drop shaped pieces of clay. Side by side, these colorful teardrops reminded me of Skinner Blend triangles. <\/span><\/p>\n Being an experimenter at heart, always looking for ingenuitive ways to get things done more efficiently, it didn’t take long for the concept to gel in my head.<\/span><\/p>\n Doug’s other question stumped me a bit though. “Is there any reason why someone would still do a Skinner Blend the traditional way… by taking the time to prepare, measure and cut out triangles?”<\/span><\/p>\n This got me to thinking… I suppose there could be an argument for the preciseness of how the original Skinner Blend technique works. Though personally, I have yet to come across one instance where it made any difference to my bead creations and projects.<\/span><\/p>\n With my modified Skinner Blend method, you can have as much precision as you want by simply controlling the size of the teardrop pieces of clay being used.<\/span><\/p>\n But in my opinion, handmade artwork is actually more about the one-of-a-kind thing that happens from piece to piece. Precision is much less important to me.<\/span><\/p>\n Some polymer clay artists like to have a bit of the pure, unblended color at each end of their gradients. It’s referred to as an offset when you are doing traditional Skinner Blends.<\/span><\/p>\n Well this can be done with my modified method as well, simply by offsetting the teardrops.<\/span><\/p>\n So I’m at somewhat of a loss. I honestly cannot think of a reason why I would ever go back to spending so much time doing things the traditional way. <\/span><\/p>\n I would love to hear your thoughts on this matter… especially from those of you who have been around a while… doing color gradients as Judith Skinner originally pioneered for all of us.<\/span><\/p>\n ——————————————-<\/p>\n Links to all Articles in the Lietz Teardrop Blend Series: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Article 1:<\/strong><\/span> Article 2:<\/strong><\/span> Article 3:<\/strong><\/span> Article 4: Article 5: Article 6:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\nQuickest Skinner Blend You’ll Ever Make<\/a>
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\nTear Drop Method | The Quickest Skinner Blend You’ll Ever Make<\/a>
\nGet Smooth Polymer Clay Color Gradients 10 Times Faster. A preview video is posted at this article page.
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\nSkinner Blend – Modified Teardrop Method Faster and Just As Good<\/a>
\nThe Skinner Blend Challenge: Will I Ever Go Back To Doing Polymer Clay Color Gradients The Old Way?
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\nModified Rainbow Skinner Blend Tutorial – No Measuring Required<\/a>
\nThe Lietz Teardrop Method – A Super Simple Way To Do Multiple Color Gradients.
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\n<\/strong>Full Video | Lietz Teardrop Method | Polymer Clay Color Blends<\/a>
\n<\/span>Limited Access So Please Watch The Video As Soon As Possible. Thanks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Beautiful Polymer Clay Canes Begin With Beautiful Color Blends<\/a>
\nA Couple of Options for Blending Polymer Clay Colors to Use In Your Canes and Skinner Plugs.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAre Your Skinner Blends Getting Too Wide For Your Pasta Machine?<\/a>
\nThe Rolling Technique In My Teardrop Method Will Help You to Solve This Problem.<\/span><\/p>\n
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