Trying to learn about “Value”

I skipped the “Ruffle Spiral Flower Brooch” project but decided to revisit it after Maggie ’s weekend extra.  I chose a light and dark purple but realized after making the cane that I needed much more contrast.  I liked the dark purple I had chosen so I kept it. I changed the value of the light color by adding more white pearl.  The book suggested that you added black to the dark color in equal proportions for the wrap, but I learned from making my pivot tiles that Kato black was much more concentrated than the others so I used less.  Actually, I used a lot less, and I was pleased with the end result.

The contrast in the second cane was much better so I decided to add a few more elements and made a cane similar to the one I learned in the Julia Sober workshop.  I love it.  I should enough to make several beads.