Playing with Colored Pieces of Paper

You can’t work with a bunch of pieces of colored paper without seeing some design possibilities!

As part of my online class with Jane Davies, I was arranging, and rearranging, and rearranging again a wide array of colors and shapes.

Playing with Colored Pieces of Paper. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

Our first assignment was to make a largish collage with multiple pieces. Mine missed the mark (although I had fun doing it.)

Playing with Colored Pieces of Paper. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

Along the way, I was seduced by all the colors and I just HAD to play with them outside the scope of the class exercises. I played with monochromatic greys. Look how nicely they set off soft colors. Could I use enough restraint to create with these colors in fabric? I’m not sure.

Playing with Colored Pieces of Paper. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

Then, I saw a photo of a red beet and a gold beet. So, I had to play with those colors a little. A little sharp, perhaps, but still something I may want to explore in the future.

Playing with Colored Pieces of Paper. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

Eventually, we got to make collages with just three pieces and I was swimming back in more comfortable waters. Quite a few of these were successful, but I know Jane will have us alter them in the next step. I’m very interested to see what we’ll do with them.

Playing with Colored Pieces of Paper. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

When was the last time you took a class that didn’t involve fabric? I think it’s a really good way to explore new ideas and I feel confident some of these will find their way into my fabric  collages.

Ellen Lindner

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