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Different Styles...names and what do they look like?
We've been doing a style challenge this past week for the Way's to Use it Challenge and we'd be interested in making a list of all kinds of different styles and what sorts of elements they are made up of. If you have any ideas and "definitions" post them to this thread...we can all use the resource. Also, it has been asked...is there a difference between shabby chic and distressed? What do you think?
shabby chic: purposefully shabby, using any color of ink to dtp or sponge and perhaps some crumpling, wadding, or tearing. can use any color family or color combo. A common color would be caramels, light browns.
distressed: purposefully vintaged using browns or blacks
OOOH ~ How about preppy, retro, girly, nautical, patriotic, tropical....
I agree, Ithink there is a fine line between what some call "techniques" and "styles".
hmmmmmmmmm, victorian or heirloom, masculine/feminine, impressionistic, minimalism, modern, rustic.
Yes that's what I meant. Some distressed cards are rustic and some are shabby chic. I suppose partly, the image and accessories helps us to differentiate between the two styles.
hmmmmmmmmm, victorian or heirloom, masculine/feminine, impressionistic, minimalism, modern, rustic.
Yes that's what I meant. Some distressed cards are rustic and some are shabby chic. I suppose partly, the image and accessories helps us to differentiate between the two styles.
Dawn is bringing a whole new angle to this discussion with impressionistic and minimalism. I'm feeling the need to pull the old college art books out of storage. What makes rustic (I think of barns, scenes), heirloom (I think of family items), victorian (I think of lace and frills, old pins, gold, cameos).
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To me, distressed needs to indicate that something has happened to the components to make the card "distressed", such as smashing, wrinkling, ink where it wouldn't normally be, sanding, etc.
I think there's a whole different vintage look, but you can be distressed and not vintage and vintage and not distressed.
Then, shabby chic is a whole different animal, more of an upscale distressed if you know what I mean. Like a Jackie O suit that has seen better days.
Another one that came to mind last night was Altered Art, which seems to be big in most magazines! What category does this fall into, or is it considered to be a style of its own!
Altered Art is a style...like the WT53 card you did with you daughter. Surrealism could be a style. Your dress card fits that style I would think. Andy Warhol created Pop Art.
Altered Art is a style...like the WT53 card you did with you daughter. Surrealism could be a style. Your dress card fits that style I would think. Andy Warhol created Pop Art.
Well, now that we've hijacked the thread...I'm guessing that you minored in Art History. I have an Art degree but took plenty of Art History classes! Glad to use that knowledge again. Now that I'm a SAHM, I don't have much reason to do so.
To me, distressed needs to indicate that something has happened to the components to make the card "distressed", such as smashing, wrinkling, ink where it wouldn't normally be, sanding, etc.
I think there's a whole different vintage look, but you can be distressed and not vintage and vintage and not distressed.
Then, shabby chic is a whole different animal, more of an upscale distressed if you know what I mean. Like a Jackie O suit that has seen better days.
Great definitions!
I think of vintage as "stuff from grandmom's dresser," which might include a distressed look, but doesn't mean you do make a distressed card.
Shabby Chic makes me think of light pinks, greens and blues. Maybe because of that Shabby Chic line of feminine things at Target? Anna Griffin stuff is what I would use for Shabby Chic...
Someone named one of their cards "Scrapbook Style" and I thought "Hey, that's a category, too!"
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Retro: crazy colors!, shapes and designs, combos fo stripes/flowers, polka-dots/stripes.
Victorian: lavish flower arrangements, lace.
nostalgia, romantic, celestial....or maybe I'm getting more theme oriented!! Fun to think about though!
Just my little input...I desparately want to do this challenge...just printed it off for future! Placing my mom in a nursing home so the last week has been kinda' crazy!
Oooh, this is interesting! Can we have some links to examples please? I'm wondering what a "preppy" card would look like, since I never really knew what preppy meant anyway.
I'd have to agree with Nicole's definition of Shabby Chic. If you're following the design principle of Rachel Ashwell (who coined the whole shabby chic phase), then there's a definite color palette of whites, creams, and pastels like pinks and pale blues and greens. It also incorporates the whole vintage array of fabrics, flowers, laces and ribbons into the scheme. Very OLD grandma style...definitely not the grandma with orange kitchen countertops and a wood paneled den.
Rustic/distressed would incorporate things like the weathered stamp. If you think of furniture that's rustic or distressed, then you get the idea. I happen to be the mother of three boys, so most of my house is distressed and rustic, thanks to them.
Ok, I think I agree mostly with Dawn M about the difference between distressed and shabby shic. Having said that, I have absolutely NO training in the world of art. But here is another thought...Where in all of this does Ecletic (did I spellthat correctly) fit...is it distressed, shabby shick, vintage or a little bit of several differnt styles with no real definition. And just for the record....I really don't care for Andy Warhol's Pop art at all...jmho.
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This is a great thread! Thanks Julia for starting it. I'm learning a lot. I agree that samples help. I kinda felt the same way about vintage and shabby chic.
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Ok, I think I agree mostly with Dawn M about the difference between distressed and shabby shic. Having said that, I have absolutely NO training in the world of art. But here is another thought...Where in all of this does Ecletic (did I spellthat correctly) fit...is it distressed, shabby shick, vintage or a little bit of several differnt styles with no real definition. And just for the record....I really don't care for Andy Warhol's Pop art at all...jmho.
I have to agree about Warhol. I just don't see the art in it. We were in the Pompidu 2 years ago in Paris and I just stood there looking at Warhol and not "getting" it. Lots of modern art, I get, that.....no.
I think cards woth repeated postage stamps are pop art. THat whole thing with repeating an image from regular culture as art, maybe changing the colors or something. was part of the pop art movement. (think campbells soup cans)
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OK, I agree, if faux postage is pop art, then I'll have to rethink Warhol if he started it all. I must still say that I don't care for his colors and I definitely would never hang most of his stuff in my house.
I must say that it wasn't just Warhol. I didn't get most of what was hanging in Pompidu, but it sure was entertaining for the kids! Examples: a smashed car hanging on the wall, a room with "art".....uh garbage strewn on the floor.
Here are styles that I used for Julia's WT challenge that I consider a "style."
shabby chic-already discussed
modern
natural- realistic looking flowers, etc.
trendy (which of course changes based on what ever the current trendy is!)
elegant-gold, rich looking
victorian
asian minimalism
country
masculine
humorous or comical--maybe
juvenile boy
juvenile girl
feminine- pink, lacy, hearts (Not my style)
optical illusion--what do you think?
tropical-beach-like, sunny, warm colors, ferns
collage-- the over lapping of layers and images to create a whole new image. Though maybe this is more a technique than a style...what do you think?
psychedelic/groovy-
cutsie-buttons, eyelets, bows, gingham, soft pale colors
pop art-bold, bright colors, repetitive, images of everyday objects
preppy
rustic - earth tones, rough edges
interactive--and that's probably stretching it too
impressionism- looks like a flower but not a completely formed object. (Help me out Sherry. I'm not a good describer.)
industrial-metallic, straight edges, cold
I took out the holiday cards and the inspirational cards. So I didn't really have 31 styles. Please feel free to define any of these styles or rule them out.
Dawn let's see if I can do this: Impressionism is sometimes called optical realism due to the effect of light and movement on objects. The impressionists painted in quick choppy strokes creating an appearance of a main object. Otherwise, instead of steady painting an object in one color, the object was a series of tiny choppy brush strokes that made the object look like it was painted as slow and steady. As examples, one should look at the work of Monet, Gauguin, Cezanne or even Van Gogh (which is a perfect example). I am hoping that this is what you had in mind!
Yes let's not forget retro! I love all the different styles in scrapbooking magazines, especially the clean graphic looking styles...what is that called?
Yes let's not forget retro! I love all the different styles in scrapbooking magazines, especially the clean graphic looking styles...what is that called?
clean and graphic
no no, only kidding -- we'll see if we can't find out! Dawn where are you on this one!
When I think of preppy, it brings to mind pink, greens, white, plaid, madras, loafers, sweater sets, button-down collars, emblems, where that comes into stamping I don't know! However, background stamps that make plaid, stripes, argyle, but need to be done in just the right colors not to merge into another style.
Those links for tropical and shabby chic didn't work for me. And I don't scrapbook so I'm not certain what look you guys are talking about. I'll check out a mag next time I'm at the craft store. Maybe it's the current "trendy" style.
Here is my preppy card. If I had an argyle stamp I would have used it in the background. And I haven't figured out how to make it look right with a marker. So I kept Print Pattern without embleshment. When I think of preppy, I think of wealth and girls' whose daddies bought them nice jewelry and clothes. So circles are like "pearls" and the cut out butterfly is supposed to be like a brand on a shirt...like the polo horse or izod alligator. Was I getting too symbolic? Also, crisp and clean lines. Classy.
I thought about creating an "ecletic" styled card but wasn't quite sure how to do so. (I don't spell well.) But "fusion," that would be cool. Mixing in Asian stamps with mexican colors with some african beads? Just guessing.
Now retro...that could be a lot of different things. 50's retro, 70's groovy retro. Anything yesteryear seems "retro" to me. Heck, according to my younger sisters, the 80's are retro! But it sounds like you guys are talking 50's retro here.
Hmmmm...I think I'll try to dream up a "fusion" card.
Different Styles...names and what do they look like?
