It was another glorious autumn day today, and although I had lots of things I needed to stitch I just couldn't stay inside - so took a few hours and drove into the Kaimai Mountains to enjoy the spectacular colours on show.
The colour of all the trees around the lake was incredibly vivid, but on the shaded valley sides the tree ferns were very different; such a contrast.
It is so different from what I am used to, seeing such different types of vegetation growing in such close proximity.
Once back at home I decided to use the photographs to create some interesting colour palettes. I love to do this and keep a sketchbook just for this purpose. It is such a simple thing to do and is a really useful resource that I refer to often when deciding on how to combine colours for my work.
Why not have a try?
Thanks for reading.
Tarnia
10/5/2016 03:33:14 am
That looks like McLarens Falls and the lake. I grew up just down the road, and used to cycle the "block" in summer for something to do. It took a couple of hours, but I loved it. Did you also visit Omanawa Falls? Absolutely amazing!
Ulrike Hutchins
10/5/2016 03:22:05 pm
Lovely photos! Hi Ulrike,thanks for asking. I use the free program that comes on PC's called Paint, but any image manipulating software that has a pipette tool will work. All you need to do is use the little pipette tool to suck up colour from different parts of the picture, then draw a small box and fill it with the colour. It is very simple indeed . I hope you give it a try.
Ulrike
11/5/2016 12:06:12 am
Dear Claire, Comments are closed.
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