Orange You Gonna Play With Me?

While perusing one of my favorite blogs, I noticed there is a game afoot to post photos by autumn color this week.  Today is ORANGE so I rounded up these pictures from my collection:

This, ladies and gents, is a RESTROOM in a park in Seattle. 

See the door in the heel?  Yup, these are some CRAZY big boots.

Summer flowers

Notice they accept collect calls?  Very well-mannered.

Crazy garden art (aka "GART")

I have not one single clue what this means but it had some orange in it:

A Case of the Mondays, #4

For this Monday, the October illustration in my Cavallini calendar didn't need any embellishing, but I was intrigued to study the color palate closely:

Bonus assignment:  Take a close look at these colors.  Where do they exist together in nature, either in pairs or as a group?  Are they hues you choose to work with?  If so, what draws you to them?  If not, why not?

Surprise! It's Yelling Girl

Here's a multi-media journal page thingy I made a long time ago that I just uncovered while cleaning my studio.  Yay for fun surprises!  I love this zany little girl...and the combination of orange and pink...and using staples instead of glue...and fake rhinestones...and butterflies...and ephemera...and hand stamped paper.

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?

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: