Watercolor Beads

Last weekend’s extra was doing the watercolor beads.  I have tried making these before but my colors were too bright and they didn’t look good.  I made some blends to match the colors on my collage and set out to make the beads.  My first mistake was that I made way too much of each color.  My second mistake was not having enough value difference between the colors I chose.

After adding colors with more contrast I ended up with the Green & Orange beads.  The blue necklace is one I made after I took Maggie’s color class several years ago and I didn’t mud down the colors.

Maggie was in town for a book signing at the Beehive Bookstore in Delaware, Ohio this weekend and I attended along with some fellow guild members.  We were invited to Maggie’s parents home before the event and it was so nice to see their lovely home and visit with Maggie’s family.