Grand Canoe Design Blog
Summer Color Inquiry: Germantown Philadelphia, PA
Analogous Art Black Creatives Black Designers Color Color Palette Color Study Coneflower Design Echinacea Fashion Grand Canoe Herbaceous Home interior Joy Lendeh Living Photoshop Summer 2022 Surface Pattern Design Textiles Vibrant Colors
Charming analogous hues, deceptively simple in form yet ubiquitous, Echinacea or Coneflower always seem to attract my attention. With its healing powers to improve your immunity and overall well-being, the herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family is an icon of summer.Above are some simple color combinations where warm neutrals add calm to stimulating palettes. I'm naturally drawn to saturated and vivid hues although they can communicate an unsophisticated youthful presence, there's an irresistible boost of joyful visual vibrations.
Mock up of "Summer Blues" Print in progress
Abstract Adobe All Over print Art Bed room Black Creatives Blues Color Drawing Dwell Grand Canoe Home interior Layers Lendeh Living Mark Making Pastels Photoshop Seamless Repeat Straight Repeat Surface Design Textile Vibrant Colors
Duvets covers and decorative pillows are a great way to play with patterns as accents as statements in your resting space.
Summer Blues
Abstract All Over print Art Black Creatives Blues Color Drawing Grand Canoe Layers Lendeh Mark Making Pastels Photoshop Seamless Repeat Straight Repeat Surface Design Textile
Mark-making is a great exercise for exploring new materials and expressing conscious and unconscious emotional states. The other day I was feeling an unsettling, persistent tension sensation in the middle of my forehead. Worry thoughts and trying to figure things out had me in a stressed state. After doing an hour of marks, I felt more relaxed and focused on being in the present rather than planning and goal setting.I enjoy playing with pastels and love the messy process. The layers of gritty hard, soft, and sublet textures create simple yet beautiful painterly allover patterns. Another work in progress so...