Complementary colors are supposed to look very good together, aren’t they? Play off each other? Well, I moved another pile of stuff in my wreck of a studio and came across one of my little beaded samples. I want to mount it on a stretched canvas and thought I’d paint the canvas with the complement to the mainly green piece.
Then, of course, I had to try it on a green background. I often like to stretch fabric over the canvas instead of painting.
I am such a ditherer when it comes to what should be a simple decision! Wow–red or green? Make up your mind already, Kathy. This is NOT rocket science and no one will be hurt by your decision…
Quirks Ltd. 
Red…definitely
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Aha–a vote for the red! I really thought that’s what I’d be picking, but I’m being swayed over to the green!
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Quirks Ltd.
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I love red, I guess it’s my favorite color, but in this case, I think the green is the winner. Looks like they belong to each other.
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Yes, I think the green one is better, now that I’ve taken a little longer to look at it. They do go perfectly together!
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I am wondering what a thin line of the red on the inside of the mat, with a wider band of green mat surrounding it would look like…just to complicate things….
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Oh, you are a complicated thinker, aren’t you? I’ll have to check it out…
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I would agree with Judy’s comment. The green background makes it all very soft and soothing.
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Now to decide if I want the fabric or a painted canvas…
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I would say that your composition is too simplistic for the overpowering red. The green unifies your composition and does not overpower it. Just my opinion.
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I think that may be what was bothering me, keeping me from making a decision. And then I looked at Lisa Call’s blog today and her small pieces are ALL mounted on black painted canvas. Food for thought!
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I mount all my work on black painted canvas, as you know.
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I know you do but I’m not convinced that black is right for my stuff…at least all these flowery, ‘fluffy’ pieces! I need to try a few, hang them up and live with them for a while. Perhaps I need to make a series of same size pieces and group them before I try to decide.
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Quirks Ltd.
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