Perfect Pairs: Blue Orbs

Repurposed suncatcher in the Tacoma Museum of Glass

Ubiquitous sign around Seattle

A Case of the Mondays, #2

Continuing our scavenger hunt to find creative inspiration in our work places...even on a Monday:

Another month from the Cheesy Vendor Calendar (CVC) turned into a color study, along with the Pantone Color Guide in all its peacock-like glory:

Bonus assignment:  How many sparks of color can you see from where you're sitting right now?

A Case of the Mondays, #1

Welcome to a new feature here on Artgirl Island...A Case of the Mondays.

Have you seen the cult classic movie, Office Space?  It is hi-larious.  It's about 3 disgruntled computer geeks who work for the boss from hell at the company from hell.  As they grumble into their soul-less cubicles on Monday morning the office chatterbox greets them with a revoltingly cheerful, "Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!"

But here on Artgirl Island, Mondays are different.  Mondays are just one more opportunity to be inspired and to create a little bit of art wherever we happen to find ourselves.

So each Monday I'll post something that I hope will jolt your creativity, with the catch being that I'll only use things that I find in or around my office.  Once I started looking, I was surprised at the amount of creative fodder that I had been overlooking.

So without further ado, here's your first A Case of the Mondays...Artgirl Island style.

We all have those cheesy vendor calendars laying around, right?  You know the ones I'm talking about; they either have predictable nature photos or dorky inspirational quotes or worse...both.  I snagged one such calendar off the wall and borrowed the Engineering Department's Pantone Color Guide...and presto, chango...a cool color study in fabulous blues and brilliant yellows.

Bonus Assignment:  Take a moment and look around YOUR work space...where is there a bit of color or texture or design that draws your eye, lights you up?  Let me know what you find!

Perfect Pairs: Blue & White

Planter on main street on Vashon Island

Statue on side of St. John's Catholic church

Singing the blues

From my collection, a small sampling of blue beach glass and other found objects...notice the little ceramic animal head?

A closeup of the mosaic on the Kirkland Public Library:

A woebegone skein of yarn near a Michael's craft store:

Natural blue beauty:

Unnatural blue beauty:

From a playground:

I love the diffuse, shimmery effect of the actual water over the word:

Blue!

Browns and blues

Yellow, red, orange and blue!

Yellow, red, orange and blue...at Maxines:

Yellow, red, orange and blue...outside:

Yellow, red, orange and blue...inside:

Yellow, red, orange and blue...used to be outside, now inside:

Blue like the ocean

Close-ups from a series of ceramic public art pieces adorning a King County Library intermingled with painted rocks from my garden, the base of a suburban streetlight and a yaba I found:

Still singing the blues...

More azure eye candy:
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Urban Blues

I mentioned I've been taking pictures like a fiend with my new oh-so-easy-to-use camera. I'm focusing on (ha! get it? focusing on!) intriguing jolts of color and texture I find on my daily urban excursions. I can't believe how much eye candy there is all around me that I just never noticed before!

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