Saturday, July 25, 2015

Pixels.............

I spent a lot of time in the basement yesterday sorting scraps and getting them all into one location.  It looks a lot neater now.  I found a group of 100 batik squares and decided to try making a colorwash with them.  It is a good example of a not so great colorwash.  This is what happens when you don't have enough variety of values to choose from.  It looks like an ancient computer picture with obvious pixels. 

7 comments:

Gene Black said...

My first attempt - years ago was very pixelated

Debbie said...

Excellent example and good teachable moment for us all. Thanks.

Linda Swanekamp said...

May not be a geat color wash, but the colors are still lovely and pure.

Hedy said...

I expect this would be exactly what I would end up with. Glad you are around to teach us what is not right.

Kimberly said...

I think it's kind of charming in it's own way. Maybe not the best color-wash now that I've seen how smooth the transitions can be but still very nice as it's own little project.

Vicki W said...

Every time I attempted it mine looked like this! lol!

Anonymous said...

I have never tried one yet, but I don't think my first thought was colorwash with this, but rather just somewhat organized scrappy. I kind of like it, although it's very different from your usual. It's less sophisticated for sure, but many people like that.