For July's Art Bead Scene inspirational painting is this picture "Portrait of Olga in the Armchair" by Pablo Picasso. {read more about the painting itself here} As usual, Miss Brandi has pulled out several colors from the art to make a palette.
When I first saw the palette, I thought that with all the teal green tones, it would be simple to design something...but couldn't get the colors to cooporate. Thinking that I probably wouldn't participate this time after all, I saw a design that was mostly one of the subdominate colors with splashes of teal thrown in.
I had forgotten that option & with teal no longer the main color of the design, it all came together. However, as it was close to the end of the month, I was short on time. So, I decided to make earrings instead of a necklace.
I wanted them to be rather eye-catching but still simple to construct, so hoops were my choice. The green center dangles are my work, handmade from polymer clay, impressed with a floral embroidery pattern, lightly smeared with gold paint & sealed with a glossy glaze.
Honey yellow Czech glass & dark teal Swarovski crystals are wire wrapped onto the circle frames that I made. I kept the whole design rather in the light & bright color tones with a single antique brass link to add a little contrast.
