Tutorials 2

Color and Techniques

Color in Polymer Clay

 

Analagous Color  New site coming?

Autumn Leaf Blend

NoraJean Gatine

Basic Skinner Blends

Desiree McCrorey

Color Basics & Everything else
Glass Attic
Color Combination December 2000
Deirdre Woodward
PcPolyzine

Color Handout for Quilters

Lily Kerns

Color Matters

Color School

Clay Quilt Junction

Color Tips and Tricks
Poly Parrot

Easy Breezy Tiger Blend

NoraJean Gatine

Fimo Mixing Chart p1 (Adobe file)
PCE

Fimo Mixing Chart p2 (Adobe file)
PCE
High Contrast Color New site coming

 

 

Kato Polyclay Color Mixing

Making Colour Charts

Elaine Robitaille

Tooaquarius
Mica Shift and Skin Colors
Dianne Cook
PcPolyzine

Premo Mixing Charts

Turquoise Fuschia Zinc Yellow

Cobalt Blue Cadmium Red Cadmium Yellow

Ultramarine Blue Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Yellow

Elaine Robitaille

Tooaquarius
Premo Color Mixing
Barbara McGuire
Polyform
November 2000
Deirdre Woodward & Cindy Pack
PcPolyzine

Ye Olde Color Theory

Suzanne Cooper

Ye Olde Homemade Colour Wheel

Suzanne Cooper

 

Blends

 

 

Gradient Color Blending
Melody Steeples
PcPolyzine

Lazy Skinner Blend

PCC

Rainbow Skinner Blend

Leigh Ross

PCC

 

 

Skinner Blend
PoLeigh Talking

Polymer Clay Central

Skinner Blend

Mike Buesseler

PCC

Yellow-Orange Blend with Stripes

NoraJean Gatine

If you have a chance to take a color class with Maggie Maggio, take it!

Here is her online Color Scale Video

 

Fun Ways to Play with Color Online and design your own color palettes:

Color Glossary Color Cube

Color Schemer

Color Theory Dartmouth
Kaleidoscope Maker

Meyer Web Color Mixer

Visibone Color Lab

Well Styled Tools


COLOR MIXING TIPS FROM KATHERINE DEWEY

 

Here are some formulas you might enjoy for mixing Wedgwood's colors using Premo Black, White, Cobalt Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red: 

Wedgwood Cobalt Blue = 2 Parts Cobalt Blue, 1 part White
Pale Wedgwood Blue = 2 Part Cobalt, 1 Black, 8 Parts White 
Portland Blue  = 2 Parts Cobalt, 1 part Black
Raw Umber  = 2 Parts Cadmium Yellow, 2 Parts Cadmium Red, 3 Parts Black, 1 Part Cobalt Blue  (1-2 parts Premo Raw Sienna and 1 part Black yields a similar color)
Terra Cotta =  1 Part Cadmium Yellow, 2 Parts Cadmium Red, 1 Part Black  ( for use Black Basalt appliqués)
Primrose =1 Part Cadmium Yellow, 2 Parts Cadmium Red, 1 Part Black, 2 Parts White
Pink = 1 Part Cadmium Yellow, 2 Parts Cadmium Red, 2 Part Black, 16 Parts White
Lavender = 10 parts White, 2 Parts Cadmium Red, 2 Parts Cobalt Blue, 1 Black
Olive Green = 6 Cadmium Yellow, 1 Cobalt Blue, 2 Black
Sage Green = 6 Cadmium Yellow, 1 Cobalt Blue, 2 Black, 4 White
Thalo Green  = 8 Parts Cadmium Yellow, 1 Part Cadmium Red, 8 Parts Cobalt Blue
Pale Canary Yellow = 1 Part Cadmium Yellow, 2 Parts White
Basalt Black =  1 Part Black, 1 Part Translucent  (appliqué and base color)
Porcelain White = 1 Part White, 1 Part Translucent  (appliqué color)

Katherine Dewey
http://www.elvenwork.com

Techniques

 

Bargello
Poly Parrot
Bas Relief Ornament
Marie Redmond
Polyform

Bead-N-Bead
Lost Wax technique
Desiree McCrorey
Bead Tumbling
Clayfulmingles
Bonding Clay to Cloth
Marcia L. Balonia
Jewelry Crafts Magazine
Butterfly Wings with TLS and Silk
Alan Vernall
PcPolyzine
Covering Altoid Tins
Desiree McCrorey
PcPolyzine
Crushed Helix
Jody Bishel
SCPCG
Creating Transfers with Graphic Design Software
Jenny Dowde
PcPolyzine
Dollhouse Tile and Grout
Jane Wicherski
PcPolyzine
Dragon Skin
Trina Williams
PcPolyzine
Easy Greeting Cards
Jenny Dowde
PcPolyzine
Faux Porcelain Victorian Tin
C. A. Thieren
PcPolyzine
Faux Porcelain Victorian Tin, Revisited
C. A. Thieren
PcPolyzine
Fill-Ins with Clay and Paint
PcPolyzine
Fragments
Jenny Dowde
PcPolyzine
Fun With Fabric
Karen Rhodes
PcPolyzine
Inlaid Mokume Gane
Helen Hughes
PcPolyzine
Inlaid Plaque "Isis"
Squiggy's Spot
Layered Illusions
Debbie Martin
PcPolyzine
Lazertran and Polymer Clay
Terry Lee Czechowski
PCC
Lazertran Regular and Lazertran Regular Transfer
Deirdre Woodward
PcPolyzine
Lazertran Silk the Right Way
Deirdre Woodward
PcPolyzine

 

Let's Make Sandwiches
Dianne Cook
PcPolyzine
Mica Shift
Dianne Cook
PcPolyzine
Mica Shift 3D Images
Carissa Nichols
PcPolyzine
Mica Shift, Next Generation
Carissa Nichols
PcPolyzine
Mica Shift, Part 3
Carissa Nichols
PcPolyzine
Painted Mokume Gane
Dotty McMillan
PcPolyzine
Pearlescent Inks Mokume Gane
Mia Rox
PcPolyzine
Personalized Christmas Ornaments
Jenny Dowde
PcPolyzine
Photo Ez Silk Screen
Desiree McCrorey
Polymer Clay-Covered Push-Pins
Marty Woosley
PcPolyzine
Premo Feathers
Nora Jean Gatine
Raku Techniques
Linda Twohill
PcPolyzine
RickRack
Nora Jean Gatine
Rubber Stamp Carving
Ruthann Zaroff
Spaghetti Mokume Gane
Christine Platt
PcPolyzine
Textured Apple Pin
Nanette Fladung
PcPolyzine
Texture Sheet Mica Lesson
Kellie Robinson
Kellie's Klay
Thinning TLS
Jeanne Rhea
PCC
TLS Butterfly Wings
Alan Vernall
PcPolyzine

Torn Paper/Watercolor

Kathi Gose

Dragonsglass
Twisted Rope Mica Shift
Kellie Robinson
PCC
Water Tattoos
Donna Westfall
PCC
Ugly Duckling Cane
Jeannie Havel
PcPolyzine

Ultralight Clay

Marie Segal's Tips on Sculpey Ultralight Clay
Wildlife Wine Cup Candle
PcPolyzine
"Wood" Inlay
Bob Wiley
PcPolyzine
Wood Veneer
Suzanne Ivester
PcPolyzine

 

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