'Today's Special' for MATS Bootcamp!

Just submitted my March assignment 'Today's Special', for Lilla Roger's MATS Bootcamp!

'Today's Special'
©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs

This month… My take on Jello! I liked the idea of the 50's and 60's jello molded salads. My mom had the old copper molds hanging on our kitchen wall when I grew up. My husband Terry had them in his house as well, and we have his mom's molds in our kitchen! (Not on the wall yet, but maybe someday!)
I also designed three coordinates for this bolt fabric  that will be displayed on my website. PattyRyboltDesigns.com will be live within the next two weeks!! I'll keep you posted!

Autumn Love!

Design of the week…  Fall leaves!!

This week's challenge was to create images celebrating the colors and shapes of fall leaves!! I approached this challenge with some black india ink and simple brush drawings of peacocks and leaves as well as paper cut-outs of pods and berries. I assembled the images in photoshop and colored them when I found a layout that I liked. I find the combination of drawing by hand (in black + white) and then coloring in photoshop allows me to present a painterly, organic feel to my images. The coloring in photoshop gives me more control over how the colors will look on the finished printed product. Choosing color for the images came directly from my interpretation of the assignment…fall leaves… golden yellows, organic oranges, rich reds and greying greens. The background started as white (which will also be available soon), but I felt that a stronger statement was needed. I auditioned colors from brown to blue and found that this combination of both worked well!

'Autumn Love' (peacock)
©2013 Patty Rybolt Designs

'Autumn Love' (white)
©2013 Patty Rybolt Designs

Designs presented as a fat quarter (21"x18"). Voting starts on Thursday November 14th and continues until the 21st! Please vote!! 'Autumn Love' (peacock)