Project Spectrum

Ths Year I'll be participating in Project Spectrum. For those of you who haven't heard about it, it's not too late to check it out and join in the fun. This is the third year for project spectrum and the theme this year is "Elements". The idea of this group is to celebrate color in your daily life, crafts and hobbies. I will incorporate Project Spectrum into the Crafting, Art, Gardening, Cooking and possibly the Reading I do this year. Below is a breakdown of what colors correspond to each Element. I hope you will consider celebrating the color around you this year!

FEBRUARY/MARCH- FIRE- orange, red, pink

APRIL/MAY- EARTH - green, brown, metallics

JUNE/JULY - AIR - gray, white, yellow

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER- WATER - blue, black, purple

2008 Pantone Color of the Year is Choosen

Pantone’s choice of blue iris, or No. 18-3943 has been choosen as 2008's color of the year.

In a statement, Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said: “Blue Iris brings together the dependable aspects of blue, underscored by a strong, soul-searching purple cast. Emotionally, it is anchoring and meditative with a touch of magic.”
See the full NY Times article here .

Color Wheel

Color Wheel A
Originally uploaded by we98bees

I found these beautiful leaves representing a colorwheel on a walk last week.

Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.

-- Milton Avery

Fall colors

Fall colors
Originally uploaded by we98bees

Sorry for such a long time between posts. Here is a wonderful fall shot from our trip to Maine. I was really obsessed with taking picturs of the fall colors and the Buoys. This shot was too good to pass up.