I thought about color...

...and it was fun! One of my art goals this year was to break out of my customary  color palette. I made several sketchbooks focusing on color and one of the recurring elements in these were little personal color inventories, little still lives or vignettes in which the objects were all of the color in question.

Here are a few of these, in the order in which I drew them ( of course,  click on each for larger image):

Orange:

Yellow and yellow:

Greens:

Blue:

Purple:

Red, drawn this morning:

I'm going to do some  summing-up posts about my  2005 artwork next week, but couldn't resist getting a headstart with this one.

Comments

[Apple-Pine]

this is great!
I'd very much like to learn about your goals for the 2005 and for the upcoming one - this exercise looks like a great approach to some things I've been mulling around and I hope to learn from your experience. Keep them coming!
Nina / Apple-Pine

[niff]

you are amazing L. it was such a joy seeing these as i am sure it was for you to create them.

[Laura]

Thanks so very much, everyone. I loved doing the color study and it has made a big difference in how I see the world. The mysterious hand is part of a marionette and not some errant appendage of my own.

[Terri]

Laura, I always feel like grabbing the pens and paints straight after viewing your work! You are SO SO SOOOO inspirational. These are great...can't wait to see more and hear your thoughts on your progress over the year.

[janey]

I love the latest best. Of course I always love the latest of everything. And you cmpose everyday things so well. But may I ask where the rest of that body is? In the garden perhaps?

[zephyr]

Goodness!! these are gorgeous
and yummy!!!
i want to gobble them up...
It IS really wonderful seeing them all
gathered together
and i agree with whoever posted it above
they would make a marvelous
collected work
you know,
between two covers.
i love them so much that they inspire me
and if i ever get time to breathe i want to
play with paints and paper