a year full of color
This blog is the home of my most colorful project to date: TWELVTY
TWELVTY is a year long exploration of color, a trip around the color wheel, one color each month.
I’ve played with this idea a few different ways over the years.
Every month through 2020 I made a series of mixed media pieces in just one color, with a view to combine them into some bigger pieces this year.
Here’s what I made in each color:
inspiration library
Every month I compiled a library of inspiration images for the color I was using.
I take photos wherever I go, and often it’s for the colors (or color combinations) that prompt ideas for paintings or art journal spreads.
Pinterest is a great resource for color reference. I’ve got boards dedicated to single colors and color themes – something I’ll be exploring more in coming posts this year 🙂
Episode 1: Yellow
Episode 2: Yellow-Green
Episode 3: Green
Episode 4: Blue-Green
Episode 5: Blue
Episode 6: Violet-Blue
Episode 7: Violet & Purple
Episode 8: Red-Violet
Episode 9: Red
Episode 10: Orange-Red
Episode 11: Orange
Episode 12: Orange-Yellow
Would you like to create a
12 color project?
TWELVTY is open to everyone, and better yet, it’s free! Make your own self paced 12 color project. Sign up for my newsletter to find out more and get your free TWELVTY guide ebook full of ideas to get started.
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Previous Twelvty Projects
In 2017 I spent a year recycling this world atlas into an art journal. Beginning with yellow I added a few pages each month using one color of the color wheel.
In 2018, inspired by the overstuffed pages of the previous year’s art journal, I made these two mixed media art journal/3d color wheel things.
Mixy's Art Blog 