Seventh and final card under discussion from The Wilson museum shop, Cheltenham. Comments on design and colour wheel.

 

There is no indication on this notelet or double sided card, who it was illustrated by.  Advice an be sought from The Wilson shop.

A striking juxtaposition of colour.  Using just three colours. Turquoise a shade of the primary colour blue.  A neutral colour white and one secondary colour purple which comes between blue and red on the colour wheel so is close to both spectrums. Turquoise has cropped up in four of the seven cards featured showing it is a popular contemporary colour for cards in a shop that wants to have a modern feel.

A tree depicted in purple is striking as is the facial expression on the bird.  The large eyes suggest that it is an owl.  This shows as before that the designer can tell us the name or context of something by the depiction.

This card could be sent to any sex.

Striking colours together.  White lifts them and forms a clear boundary to the design and frames it. No use of black but the purple lines and eyes look black at times by either nearness to turquoise or being drawn on turquoise.

One work summary - Pensive

Successful design?  Yes.  One of the simplest.  Striking colour is main feature and can carry something simple through without needing embellishment.

What did the design of these cards have to do with landscape architecture?  I hope to think of more unusual colourways as the result of looking  at contemporary cards and to continue to improve my appreciation of what works in design and colour and what does not.