Candy apples and Johnny Cash for Summer of colour week 5

You know how sometimes when you are listening to a song that you have heard many times and a line suddenly sticks in your mind that you haven’t really noticed before ? surely it happens to other people too?

Anyway a line from ‘Walk the Line’ by Johnny Cash has been running through my mind so I used it as the basis for my Summer of Colour piece this week where the colour pair is

I wanted to play with layered repetition of a basic shape and chose some arrows to pile up to create a pleasing abstract piece. 

But I couldn’t find a good way to add words so I tried another version

which did work with the Johnny Cash words

and then I kept experimenting

and then used a different set of arrows to experiment with how much of the letters can be blurred but still be read

I’m really pleased with all three looks and still love these words, especially for us creative types.  Wishing you all an eyes wide open week.

Looking to see how others use these colours – each week I’m blown away at the wonderful gallery of pieces created from pixels and paper and fabric and paint and …