Distant Stitch Chapter 1

Distant stitch     Chapter 1

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Primary Colours

RED  …    My favourite colour.   I often use the colour red in my embroideries,  however, the pure hue is often very difficult to use.      I enjoy looking at red tulips, red geraniums, and fall red Japanese maple leaves.  These items always capture attention in any scene whether it is an embroidery or not!!

BLUE    …. There are a few days when the pure hue of blue is in the sky and the sea, lake, and/or river.     However, I would rather tone down the colour to make the picture look more realistic.   Photographers prefer a dull day to capture a good photograph.

YELLOW ….    Yellow is a sprightly colour.  I will use a small bit of yellow in most of my embroideries to give that bit of sparkle.  Yellow is an uplifting colour and reminds of the sun. 

Whenever using a primary colour, it can totally take over the scene to be embroidered, photographed, etc.    Each of these primary colours has to be a part of the statement of the piece or used with caution.

Pictures on PAGE 11 of chapter 1       The six pictures have items that show colours except maybe for the tulip where there is a touch of grey in the red.    However, this picture shows some pure colour in the green background. All the colours have originated from the pure form of the three primary colours….red, yellow and blue.   The only other thing that I could think of about the similarities between the six pictures was that all of the objects in the pictures had some rounded form….. but that is not connected to colour!!!