When looking for a color palette for a new design, you can find inspiration in unexpected places. Over the years, I have used the pattern of a dress, a flower, a pretty pillow, and even famous artworks as inspiration. Basically, anything that you see around you that has a pleasing color combination can be used as the basis for a jewelry designs color palette. Look at the colors that you see and then start picking them out in beads, findings, and focals. You can use all the colors you see or just pick out a few that you like best. This is a great technique if you are “stuck” and looking for some inspiration!
For this blog post, I wanted to use one of my very favorite paintings as inspiration. From the time I was a young girl, I have always loved Pierre-August Renoire. There is just something so appealing about his romantic impressionistic style. The way he combines color and light to convey mood, warmth, and charm is alluring and mesmerizing. The painting we are going to design from today is titled Two Sisters (On the Terrace) and was painted by Renoire in 1881. If you want to see this painting in person, it currently resides at the Art Institute of Chicago along with many other Renoire drawings and paintings.
