How to turn your dream into a color scheme - Week 2

YIPPEE it's Friday again! This is the second weekly Friday Dream Scheme post. Friday's blog posts are about one of my dreams that I have had either recently or from past years that I recorded in a journal. Then I make a color scheme to go along with the dream! Here we go!

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I haven't had any dreams in the recent past, so I decided to go back in my dream records again and revisit one from my past. This was written in my dream journal dated for 

January 15, 2010

       I had a little monkey friend on my right shoulder the whole dream. He looked like a Capuchin monkey. I was managing to float on top of what seemed like an inner-tube and I was in the middle of the ocean. There was a strange unknown man who was following me but couldn't seem to go fast enough to catch me. He kept shouting warnings to me until we entered an area of the ocean with a few tiny islands only big enough to fit one tree. I paddled my way to the center of the area with my hands and feet and I looked back and saw that the man had stopped. He was looking at something.

        Two huge Orca whales and a dolphin  were coming right for me. I was terrified but out of instinct I grabbed one of their dorsal fins and rode it a ways away and then let go. This feeling of being pulled away by the mammal was euphoric. The whole time the monkey remained on my shoulder. I remember feeling like I would fall off my inner-tube but I managed to stay attached to it. That is all I remember.

Here is my dream color scheme! Each color represents a certain part of the dream or feeling the dream gave me. The first color is the blue that represents the ocean. The second color is a brown-grey I see when I think of the monkey on top my shoulder. The third color tan is the general color I get from the small islands and the following fourth color green is the tops of the single trees. The fifth color of light grey was from the feeling of panic I felt when being chased my the man and feeling like I was fall off my tube. Lastly the sixth and final color represents the intense black of the Orca whales.

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This is something anyone can do! Write down your dream and create a color scheme from it. Use it to make a meaningful painting for your bedroom or to pick out your outfit for the day. I believe we have dreams to guide us and show us things that are hiding in our subconscious. This is just one way to use the wonderful information your mind has given to you while asleep. 

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It's great when I can look back at a dream journal almost 6 years ago and read a dream and perfectly picture the dream as if you had it last night. My dreams are very precious to me and even more so are my dream journals. I can do so much by just looking at one dream I have had. Color schemes are so much fun and easy to make I really recommend trying it yourself.

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It was interesting for me to see how my color scheme from last week and this week compare. They ended up being pretty similar because both dreams has very similar feelings of anxiety and euphoric moments. Very little color but when it was present it was vivid. Which is why the green of the trees ended up being so important. If I was to create a painting from this color scheme I would make sure to use the green as the highlights because it is such a contrast from the others.

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Well we did it again! Another week, another color scheme. How are you guys enjoying it? Has anyone had any dreams that they have written down lately? Have you tried this yourself? Let me know in the comments below and maybe I can make a color scheme of one of your dreams! Don't forget to subscribe and everyone have a wonderfully inspiring day!

Until Tomorrow - Dream Away

Samantha Menzo

Cloud Nine Studios




Etsy Featured Item of the Day:

Burlap pillow, dream pillow by - 112FarmhouseLayne

Song of the Day:
Cranberries - Dreams

Color of the Day:
BENJAMIN MOORE ORIENTAL IRIS 1418

How to Create Color Schemes from past memories.

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Don't you just LOVE the faded colors in this image?! I wish I could easily create a color scheme from this image.....OH WAIT I CAN!

Anyone who has ever been on Pintrest raise your hand! Pintrest is a great site/app where you can "pin" things from the internet and save them on boards for later. It's great for ideas and inspiration....but you already knew that because I am sure you raised your hand.

I of my favorite things to pin on Pintrest is color schemes and color inspiration. People take an image and pull the colors from the photos to create beautiful and unique color schemes!  I have use many of these in the past for my painting and even just coloring for fun. Below are a few examples of FUN color schemes.

Looking at all these wonderful color schemes gave me the idea that I could create my own! I began to think of specific memories. The first thing that cam to my mind was my best friend growing up and swimming in the summer outside at her house. I immediately went right back there. I made this color scheme from the little things I could remember about those times.

3. Summers with Lauren

I don't know how much I like the colors together but I have very specific memories attached to each color and they all have meanings which I really enjoy. 

-The light gray is for the concrete in her driveway.

- The orange is for the Kraft mac and cheese (characters) we would have for lunch.

-The bright blue was for the bottom of the poo.l

- Green for the super healthy long grass I remember them always having.

- Faded brown for the privacy fence that was between her and our favorite neighbors.

- Ruby red for the color of their van parked in the driveway.

I smile when seeing this color scheme. Why wouldn't I always do this for coming up with my paintings colors?! So much meaning and nobody even needs to know except me!

Then I decided to try to recreate memories from old pictures I had. Which was even easier! 

Here are two that I came up with......

2. Christmas with my younger brother

Wasn't I cute!? Yeah I know, my brother is cuter. Look at that cheese face! He is moving across country next week so everyone leave a nice comment saying good luck! I will miss him very much so I definitely wanted to choose a picture with him in it and I love this old Christmas picture of us.
I was pleasantly pleased with how the color scheme came out.

1. Hall's nursery going away party

Before I got a job at the glass gallery Habatat Galleries, I worked for a lovely family owned plant nursery in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, They are called Hall's Nursery and click the link to check them out! I only worked for them one summer but when I told them I was leaving they threw me a going away party and I was so surprised and grateful at how nice the family was to their employees, This picture was taken at Hall's during that picnic and I loved the colors so I choose this image to create a color scheme with as well. 

You can easily create color scheme based on memories or pictures from the past just as I did. You can create it on you palette as you color or on the computer like the examples shown above. You can use  the paint program that comes on your computer or Photoshop (if you are more tech savvy). Simply open up your image in the programs and then use the dropper tool to pull color from the image and then you can create color blocks on the side or bottom of your image. Use as many or as few colors as you want just have FUN with it! 

What do you think? Are you inspired to create your own color schemes? What memories would you choose? Let me know your thoughts and questions in the comment box and don't forget to Subscribe!

Until Tomorrow - Dream Away

Samantha Menzo

Cloud Nine Studios

Etsy Featured Item of the Day:

Lace Tape, Bud Silk Stationery Stickers, Lace Stickers, Bud Silk Stickers, Lace stationery tape by- PokemonGarden

Song of the Day:

          Amos Lee - Colors (feat. Norah Jones)

Color of the Day:

Benjamin Moore paint color Douglas Fir (2028-20)

My 4 kind of movies that INSPIRE ME!

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I have been in the mood to watch some movies lately. Movies that I have already seen multiple times. Movies that INSPIRE me to create.I thought, that's an interesting topic for the blogs! I have mentioned before that I do not watch TV and I find that very important for myself and staying on track with my day. I am an all or nothing girl so it's hard to just watch an episode or two of something. Once I realized this and cut TV out completely I have been much happier and definitely more productive. 

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But LOVE to watch movies. I don't do it often but when I get to watch a movie that really connects with me I am in my element. Something stirs up in me and I am motivated to make art! I have a hard time sitting still though so if I watch a movie at home I often find myself sketching or working on an existing project during the movie. Sometimes I can even look back on a piece of artwork and remember what movie I watched when I was working on it.

What kind of movies inspire me the most? I would say I have FOUR major kind of movies that really get me into the creative art making mood

. So let's start with #4. HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS. I have had a love of old movies ever since I was a little girl. I really don't know where it came from but I use to fall asleep to Turner Classic Movie channel on my TV all night long. I would sing old songs and practice impressions of actors like Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Rock Hudson, Doris Day....I could go on forever. There is something about an old movie that instantly inspires me to think and create art. What are some of your favorite Hollywood Classics?

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#3. ARTISTIC FLICKS

This one may be obvious but maybe you are an artistic but get nothing out of artistic movies. Well I definitely do and some of my favorite movies of all time are the cliche artistic movies. I really latch onto a movie that uses all of the outlets for art. Wes Anderson is one of the best known artistic directors and most all of his movies really do the trick. The Life Aquatic and Moonrise Kingdom being my top two. I love Eternal Sunshine for the spotless mind, not only is it acted by two great actors but the color schemes and camera work flip a switch in my brain when I sit down and watch it. Anyone want to recommend a great artsy flick to me? I could use some new material. :]

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#2. MOVIES FROM BOOKS I READ

I am a big reader and nothing is more exciting then hearing that your book is being turned into a movie! When I was a kid and gripped by the Harry Potter series like everyone else it was my world to go see the pages I had read put up on the big screen. Since then I am not sure if anything else comes close or ever will but there have been  a few really great books into movies. Not always is the movie as inspirational as the book but it is still fun to see someone put colors and sound to the story you imagined in your own head. 

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#1. Disney Classics and Animated Movies

I use to feel so embarrassed to admit how excited I was to go see a new animated movie in theaters over other movies. Now I don't care I will shout it from the rooftops. Animated movies have really come a long way and nothing gets me more inspired for art then a good cartoon. Disney classics are probably my number one go to for putting on a film while making some art. Maybe the fact that I don't really need to watch it and I can see it in my mind so I can concentrate on what I am working on. I think it has to do a lot with bringing out my inner kid. My inner kid is highly creative and sometimes I forget how to play and be imaginative like my inner kid can. So Disney Classics and Animated Movies are my biggest film inspirations!

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Man I had a lot of fun making today's blog! I hope you enjoyed reading it. Now that you know what kinds of movies really get me inspired what are some of yours? Do we have any in common or are you the wildly action packed adventure movie lover? I love me some action but I wouldn't say it makes me want to make art. What are your thoughts?

Until Tomorrow - Dream Away

Samantha Menzo

Cloud Nine Studios

Etsy Featured Item of the Day:

Movie Camera Giclee Art Print - Watercolor Camera Poster - Movie Art Print - Inspirational Wall Decor by - MaryWatercolorWords

Song of the Day:

Harry Potter - Prologue/Intro

Color of the Day:

Sandcastle