Fairies
So, here's a rough sketch of a little painting I want to do for Honor's room. The color of her walls is a deep red wine color (some of you may remember pictures of this), and her bedding is off-white, red wine, and a green that is somewhere between sage and lime...more sage than lime. Anyways, i was imagining a matching green background, but I am having trouble deciding on the colors for the fairy. I thought I would throw it open to suggestions from you guys. This will be on a small square canvas (about 12"x12"). I have two other identical canvases that I will be painting as well (identical in size and shape, but not content). I am imagining a butterfly with the same family of colors as the fairy on one of them, and perhaps a flower or a dragonfly on the third canvas. All of them will have the green background (and I may even paint a white matting and a black edging around them each...I haven't decided on that yet, but black and white just POP against red walls....)
Anyways, throw out your suggestions and inspire me!
posted by Kellsey at 12:10 PM
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I did a project recently with a red, a light sagey green, a medium-light orange and a soft, soft pink. The aim was girly but not overwhelmingly so and the client really liked it.
This might be a good opportunity to work in the inevitable PINK that you know will show up in her room via picture frames, stuffed animals, etc. Maybe also add in a HOT pink that coordinates? Like a range of pinks? I like the idea of orange, too!
that is so funny.
i was thinking soft pinks/oranges/yellows.
like a warm summer breeze....
I like the idea of orange. I guess I had been thinking that I would use a couple of pinks, but I had not pictured he orange or the yellow and I like both. I may also work in a cross between lavender and purple and some white...I hope I don't make it too busy, but we'll have to see. I am currently out of town, so it will be a couple of weeks before I am able to actually do some more work on this.
Thanks for the suggestions, Ladies!
I like the fairy theme. . . I have a weakness for Cicely Mary Barker's fairy books.
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