I took some pictures of a busy corner of my kitchen and played around with some of the online resources to look at colour palettes, – this gave me some starting points for colour schemes.

Part 1

Simple colour combination

I decided to use just three key colours – orange, green and cream and with this in mind I painted some papers with gouache. I found that by simplifying the image and just using different shades of these three colours the image is pleasing to look at and much less busy than the original.

Unusual colour combination

How to be unusual? I decided to use colours that are unusual for me to use, and unusual for a kitchen scene. Again I painted papers with gouache but this time in purple, turquoise, red, and pink. This combination is well outside my comfort zone and makes for a startling colour scheme.

Complex colour combination

For this piece I decided to use patterned paper to create lots of interest, tone and pattern within the design.

I drew a design on a larger piece of paper (A3) and made torn collage pieces of the main shapes. There is light and shade, and texture in this piece, and while it is busy and has many patterns and colours it retains the simple block shapes of the original arrangement.