Color Palettes and Pinterest Prompts

Isn’t PInterest a wonderful, time-consuming, soul sucking place? Where you can scroll for hours and come out the end of it full of inspiration and a longing for baked goods?

Anyways. That’s how MY relationship with Pinterest works.

I have a whole board dedicated to color palettes and, like all my other boards, is just used for hoarding. Here are a couple of pieces that I actually used a palette for.

Love story:) I usually imagine little stories for the characters I draw… this man is a blacksmith and this is his bride, the baker

Love story:) I usually imagine little stories for the characters I draw… this man is a blacksmith and this is his bride, the baker

here is a priestess. My high school’s colors were purple and gold, so I’m slowly forgiving those colors and using them more.

here is a priestess. My high school’s colors were purple and gold, so I’m slowly forgiving those colors and using them more.

This is a runaway from an orphanage, who’s about to start a magical adventure and bring the fellow children along with her.

This is a runaway from an orphanage, who’s about to start a magical adventure and bring the fellow children along with her.

This is a still from “Becoming Jane” with Anne Hathaway. LOOK at those blocky shapes!! I need to do this some more.

This is a still from “Becoming Jane” with Anne Hathaway. LOOK at those blocky shapes!! I need to do this some more.

She has goo dnews for her son! This was based on an image I saw on pinterest, but can’t find any more, as well as traditional Russian clothing.

She has goo dnews for her son! This was based on an image I saw on pinterest, but can’t find any more, as well as traditional Russian clothing.

Oh, to be a Victorian lady on a wraparound porch looking at her roses.

Oh, to be a Victorian lady on a wraparound porch looking at her roses.

The Spirit of Spring. I really, really like this piece! The textures are lovely and the colors I could eat with a spoon:)

The Spirit of Spring. I really, really like this piece! The textures are lovely and the colors I could eat with a spoon:)