I forgot to include the twisties and turnies made with the green and purple Skinner Blend in last week’s post. So, here they are. The inside of the blend is .75 oz zinc yellow and .50 oz green that I tinted with a smidgen of white until I got the color I wanted. The purple is .75 oz purple and .25 oz ultramarine blue.
It’s a lot easier easier to test mix colors in small batches. I’ve started working with clay sheeted on the pasta machine’s thickest setting and cut with a 3/4 inch Kemper cutter. I can divide the squares and make tiny test samples while still keeping track of the proportions. It saves time and clay.
And Now on to the collages! In Polymer Clay Color Inspirations, Maggie Maggio and Lindley Haunani suggest taking a few of your collages, cutting them into strips and then reassembling them into a strip collage to get the overall feel of the color combinations. I did my cutting and pasting on my computer and the exercise gave me a new perspective on the colors I chose. All this information is still piling up in my brain and I’m not sure where I’m going with it yet. But it’s fun and interesting
Here are some examples of my strip collages.
I wanted to examine the relative values of my color choices so I made grayscale versions of the collages. To see what my collages look like in grayscale, press here.
Ornamento 
Interesting to see the differences between the color and greyscale versions of your collages! Thanks for posting both.
I am struggling a little with value and have also found using my camera in black and white mode helpful. Ihadn’t thought about viewing my collage in greyscale what a good idea.