BOLDbut controlled:Use four key hues to give your design an organized yet electrifying look

摘要

As an amateur artist, I know that four is the number of hues I can use in a painting without it starting to look garish. The more colors you use on the canvas, the more chaotic a scene can get. This outlook on color came in handy when my husband and Imoved to a property within the city limits of Eureka, California, several years ago. I was overwhelmed, at first, by the prospect of having to make all new plant selections and of figuring out where and what kind of hardscaping to install; in addition,all of this needed to be done in harmony with the surroundings. To make things easier, I decided to look at the potential landscape as a blank canvas, applying the lessons I learned about color in the studio to guide my choices in the garden.