Research and practice ex 3.1 mind maps, colour palettes and theme boards

I’m sure that the Pantone app used to enable you ton select parts of a photo to colour match but it is no longer useful in that it chooses by volume of colour. Real colours app is slightly better , but for example I would have liked to choose the green from the bottom photo and was unable to. If I w going to use it more I would invest in photo shop , I’m sure there must be a technological application that I haven’t found yet.

I matched theses colours using a pixel choosing tool in Procreate, it was a faff and there must be a better way.

Through my research , particularly the video conversation with Polly Binns, I have realised that place and personal experience are so interlink as to be the same theme for me. My connection to place is stronger than other connections. Landscape feeds my mind and emotional self.

My Theme boards. From ancient hills to rugged coast. These are the places where my heart sings.

Neo mint evident in the sea and lichen. Barbara Hepworth walked the land here, verdigris in weathered bronze and ancient rocks in shades of grey. Muted orange brown picked in the rocks adds warmth to balance the cool blues. Earth tones .

Picking another strong trend of mellow yellows, late afternoon sun on the hillside and creeping lichen. Deep blue sky, granite of the standing stone. Heartening back to simpler times. I’ve included a turmeric print silk and colourgraph print of nettle. Colour from nature.

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