3 Steps to Creating Beautiful, Nature Inspired Color Palettes

Sep 16, 2020

Recreate Nature's Color Palettes Indoors

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Step One

I go outside to my garden, find the flowers and leaves whose colors intrigue me most for that day.

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Step Two

I pluck a few petals or individual flowers(if tiny), and leaves, bring them inside, and arrange them in groups with color combinations that please me the most.

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Step Three.

I photograph the arrangements, and sometimes, lay them on my color chart so that I can remember what colors I need to mix to replicate the colors I see in the petals and leaves.

2 Prints I Created Using this Technique

The Colors of a Single Zinnia Flower Petal

Zinnia Flower petal, From $69.95

This is what I saw when I examined a single Zinnia flower petal, less than 5 inches from my eyes.

The Fields of Iowa in Late August

Iowa in August, from $46.95

These are the colors I saw one day as my husband drove my family and I to a family gathering in late August.

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