Make Your Ink And Watercolor Choices Colorful

Creating an ink rotation for fountain pens or a palette of watercolors for a painting can be a frustrating endeavor. Or it can be a stuck-in-a-rut bore. Taking a cue from flowers, birds and other sources can mix things up in unexpected but compatible ways.

A few weeks ago, I discovered Lorene Edwards Forkner who matches watercolors to flowers and plants. The technique she uses is a good exercise in color matching and the examples she posts are beautiful. Her book, Color In and Out of the Garden, arrived a few days ago and has already provided inspiration.

An account on Instagram called DesignSeeds has a number of five-color palettes and is another place to start. Scroll down to see the most diverse ones.

Whether bold and adventurous or calm and harmonious, put colors together in a new way. It can make writing or painting more compelling when you are excited about your choices.