I am not terribly good at bold colours. My preference goes to neutrals, earth tones or muted pinks and blues. Which of course made the Mixed Media Monday challenge all the more challenging.

Bold colours are a child’s play (not)

I did manage in the end though. Going against all my deep-seated instincts I chose a palette of bright pink (poster paint on white cardboard, sanded) with touches of orange and yellow (a digital collage) and that, in turn, dictated the choice of art and focus image. It spoke of a warm afternoon, a small girl playing, fun. So I finished the piece off with some torn fuchsia muslin, a deep pink ribbon and an old picture of me at three or four, caught wondering which toy to fish out of my treasure box. Which, incidentally, was a pale muted green. I guess I wasn’t much into bold colours even at that age!

Oh and just for fun, here is a little colour poll. I am curious to find out which colours you like, so vote now!