Right on Abs!
October 9, 2019
Designed by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.
Bugs with gilded wings… and such
March 25, 2019
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2018
Season’s Greetings design with two penguins discovering the mistletoe by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
More Tudor Roses…
October 19, 2018
Tudor rose design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
Give that neighborhood tree a big hug!
October 3, 2018
Designed by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
Color’s illusions…
August 13, 2018
Ancient European 9, circa 12th century illustrates the illusion of transparence when color mixture leads to a loss of opacity so that it appears transparent or translucent. Design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
Greek 10 shows that transparent illusions occur as color gains light only in direct color.
Roman 11 illustrates color boundaries and plastic action, a space-illusion employed by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
More free studies…
August 7, 2018
21 features Greek letterform of “upsilon” designed by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
22 features a light green base color, design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
23 features a light blue base color, design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
Free studies… X Y Z
August 6, 2018
Mosaic millefiore glass bead motifs from the nineteenth century were made with ancient techniques developed in western Asia where composite case canes of preformed unites were fused together to create colorful complex designs.
24 features a light blue base color, design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
25 features a red base color, design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
26 features a mauve base color, design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
Going in search of Albers…
July 23, 2018
Lucky Spirit design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018. Notecard
This summer I have decided to take a break and play with color using Josef Albers Interaction with Color. Though I am not using colored papers, as he recommended, I am exploring his exercises, and in the coming weeks I will share some results.
Rosehip design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
Even in comparing these to designs employing the same colors, the colors show that they have different interactions.
Remembering three healers…
March 12, 2018
For Jennifer Golick, Christine Loeber, and Jennifer Gonzales Shushereba with the Pathway Home at the Veteran’s Home of California in Yountville, California, and for all of the good people who continue to work with our veterans who need healing after serving. “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few…” (Matthew 9:37), drawing by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.
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