Color A Day #10 - Vintage Pink

Oh, how I love vintage....antiques, old photos, aged ephemera.  There's a pink that pops up often in these old treasures.  It's a dusty, mellow, muted color.  It's homey, and I can almost smell my great-grandmother's floral perfume when I see it.  The color today is...Vintage Pink. 

Berdena and Henry, 1940

Color A Day #9 - A Warm Brown

It's the end of the day.  I'm short on inspiration this evening.  I just want to snuggle down into my comfy couch and veg in front of the TV.

My couch is brown.  A warm brown.
That's it then: Color A Day #9 is A Warm Brown.

In My Garden by alisapSTUDIOS on Etsy

from Vintage Printable

Color A Day #8 - Solid Gold

Color #8 - Solid Gold. Rich, and shimmery. Gold makes everything it touches look more opulent. There is a great history of using gold-leaf in paintings and on precious objects. And, although I enjoy working with gold leaf...those delicate fluttery sheets of pounded metal....today's color is the modern-day, easy to use version: metallic paint.

Painted Book by Parrish on Etsy

by Imagine Studio on Etsy

Diego Icon by alisapSTUDIOS on Etsy

Color A Day #7 - Happy Green

Green is my favorite color.   I like all shapes and sizes of green, all shades, hues, variations.  I'm open to all things green.  I've been thinking about this particular green for a few days now.   It just keeps popping up here and there, catching my eye.   I've got a little knitted finger-puppet, and a felted wool hummingbird ornament displayed on my computer stand...just because the color green in these two pieces makes me happy.
So, happily, Color A Day #7 is Happy Green.

Knitted finger-puppet in Happy Green

Oil painting by RozArt on Etsy

My beloved felted wool hummingbird.

Happy Green wedding decor.

Color A Day #6 - Seed Pod Red

Color inspiration today comes from a photo I took of my son holding three small reddish seed pods.  The color could also be described as brick red or terra cotta, I suppose.  Or even rust.

But for today I'm calling it  Seed Pod Red.

from Vintage Printable

from Carl Christensen on Etsy

The rusty truck photo comes from one of my favorite Etsians: Carl Christensen.  Be sure to visit his Etsy shop.  It's full of some of the most gorgeous images I've seen.

Color A Day #5 - Newport El Blue

Today's color is
Newport El Blue.
inspired by
Newport Elementary School's  exterior paint color scheme.








Newport Elementary School (affectionately called Newport El)
is my kids' school, and has the unique quality of being located on the beach.  Literally.  The kids have recess on the sand, and periodically lose an errant ball to the surf.   Rough, eh?  The only downside to a beach-side school occurred last year when the school was closed for a day as the result of a tsunami warning!

It's a gem of a place: great old architecture, unrivaled location, and fantastic staff. 
I know.  My kids are lucky. 

Newport El: school on the sand.

Newport El's shutter detail.

Newport Elementary School's cupola.  

from Vintage Printable

This baby's eyes are Newport El Blue.  Apropos, since he now attends school there.

Color A Day #4 - Alchemic Teal

Today's color is mysterious, dark, alchemic.
Mix a little Blue with Green, stir in a little Black magic...and there it is: Alchemic Teal.

Medical Alchemy from Vintage Printable

from TheDeerCreekHouse on Etsy

Color A Day #3 - Blueberry Yogurt

Today's color is inspired by my breakfast.  And so, here is Blueberry Yogurt.  Not actually blue though...more like a soft purple, with some vanilla added.  Cultured.  Mellow.  Feminine.  Regal.

Love the Dove by alisapstudios on Etsy

from Vintage Printable

Color A Day #2 - Morning Yoga Yellow

 Day 2 - The fog has lifted this morning (both inside, and out.)  The sun is shining, and I'm looking forward to yoga this morning.  All of which inspired today's color: Morning Yoga Yellow.  A bit mustard-y, a touch or orange, but definitely yellow.  Amber.  Quite a contrast to yesterday's grey.

by BluMudd on Etsy

Feliz by alisapstudios on Etsy

Color A Day - 2012

A new year, a new project.  Here's my plan: each day this year I will mix up a color - based on whatever whim or mood strikes me.  I'll paint a popsicle stick, and name the new hue... and post the color along with a photo, painting, or some-such illustration.  At the end of 2012 I anticipate having 365 painted sticks that I'll use to create an art piece of some sort.  Maybe arranged by color....maybe by date....or maybe....we'll see.

So today it begins.  My mood is, well, grey.  I feel mediocre.  Blah.  So "Mediocre Grey" is born. 

Foggy Newport Beach morning.

La Purisima Mission