March Colours: Water Magic: SkyWater

Water, in and of itself, has no inherent colour, but it permeates a complex world of light and shadow, minerals and organic matter. I chose five water photos for this palette, and as they were fairly complex in nature, studied the mosaic components even more closely than usual when composing the dye sequences and formulae. In the interests of reducing the photo burden this time around, I am going to give each colourway a post of its own.

First up: SkyWater

This photo was taken last summer, showing a piercing blue sky reflected in the crystal clear waters of the creek splashing down from a glacial lake high on Blackcomb mountain.

 
As you can see by the mosaic, the grey rocks underlying and surrounding the water temper the richness of the blue to a steelier hue, and there is even a subtle whisper of purple here and there.

 

In Summit Sock:

 

and Bluefaced Bliss:

 

Comments

[cicely]

i really enjoy seeing your design process laid out so clearly

would you mind sharing what software you use to create the mosaic?

i'm a new tapestry weaver and that trick is exactly what i'm looking for, to take my own images and transcribe them for the loom

[Allison]

love it! now my only decision is which of these colors I want in child-vest quantities...

[Margaretlouise]

I'm with Cecily: I'm fascinated by your creative process, which seems rather magical! Would be very happy to try my hand at it, if you might divulge the software you use to transform photo into solid-color mosaic tiles.