I'm still thumbing through my Alaskan sketchbooks and sifting the photos...
I made an earthy palette trailside to refer back to and thought you might like to see it. Sometimes it's a surprise when you draw colors straight from nature only to see how shockingly different they appear when you isolate them from the whole.
That's what I thought when I pulled this color scheme together~ it's an unlikely combination, that's for sure.
Ferns both subtle and brilliant, side by side...
Blazingly bright hues that seem almost neon...but turn your head just a bit and there you see the most delicate of colors...
And yet somehow, when you view the entire composition, it all looks strikingly right, doesn't it?
Here's a color palette I drew from nature in my Alaskan sketchbooks...
If you are a color fiend as I am you might enjoy this website, chock full of inspiring palettes and color tips:
www.colourlovers.com
