Posted in Color, daily life on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I frequent Coastal Paint in Long Beach for most of my painting supplies and there is one guy behind the counter that is an expert at color matching. So I thought it would be fun to see him action and have him talk about hit job.
Posted in Color, Products, tagged paint products on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you ever wondered what makes up paint. I’ve always only thought of it as just some liquid that I pour my colorant into. But there in more to it than that. I’ve found this page on my customers, (Color Wheel Paints,) web site and it gives clear definitions of what paint is all [...]
Posted in Color, daily life, tagged Color on March 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Everyone loves color and I’me thrilled to working on some new video for you, where I’ll be talking to some people that I know that love color and know a lot about color. Hopefully we’ll all learn something new.
Today I talked to Jim at my favorite local paint store and that man knows how [...]
Posted in Color, daily life, faux painting on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just ran across this faux-art site. I’m not only super impressed with the color combinations created by this business, I think they’ve really got a handle on graphics in wall art. I’ve been feeling like the trend is coming back to wall graphics that were popular when I started faux painting some twenty [...]
Posted in Color, daily life, faux painting, tagged Color, decorating, faux painting, fine art, painting, painting technqiues on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I sure see this a lot. People go to the paint store and bring home color swatches and tape them up all over the room and deliberate for days and then finally they pick a color. They are sure it’s perfect because they have been studying it for a while and then the day comes [...]
Posted in Color, faux painting on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m doing informal interviews with the designer I come across to see what they think about color trends for 2008. Yesterday I met with one designer and she said that Blues are in, especially when mixed with Chocolate brown. She said earthy colors are still popular and she thinks the bright European colors don’t fly [...]
Posted in Color, tagged Color on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Pantone, the leader in color forecasting, has picked ‘Blue Iris’ as the color of the year for 2008! Blue Iris represents the harmony and play between the colors blue and purple. If you combine the the calm, dependable , business-like aspects of blue with the spiritual and mystical - meditative qualities of the [...]
Posted in Color on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Pat is asking if the subtle antique look with faux will still be popular in 08. So far Ive seen that the faux finishes aren’t changing too much and it’s mostly about color. Browns are hot and they are usually combined with a rich red based tone from copper to cranberry. People are gravitating towards [...]
Posted in Color, tagged Color, decorating, faux painting, fine art, painting, painting technqiues on September 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was just at a new clients house and noticed that she had some faux painting in her living room. I inquired and asked why she didn’t call that person back to do the work she was requesting from me? She said she didn’t like the color and the faux artist couldn’t change the [...]
Posted in Color, tagged Color, decorating, faux painting, fine art, painting, painting technqiues, trends on September 20, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been getting a glimpse of color trends for 2008. It’s said that green will be the next neutral. I find that interesting but then it shouldn’t be such a surprise as we are becoming more environmentally aware all the time. And by utilizing colors in the green family we are reflecting this eco-consciousness [...]
