We Are More Alive With Color In Taiwan

May 17, 2012

As you may have read that I was recently in Taiwan doing a project for Giant Bikes. What you may not have read is that while in Taiwan I got to spend some time with a lovely group of women who are Taiwanese More Alive With Color consultants.

This lovely partnership came about from a relationship that I developed with one of the translators named Melody Hong. Melody and I became fast friends with the common love of color, of course.

We enjoyed a fabulous and visually stunning dinner.

Following the meal was a ceremony where I presented the new graduates with their certificates of completion. This is a wonderful accomplishment for them.

I couldn’t be more thrilled to have such a handsome group of ladies to promote the love of color for Taiwan. Keep your eye out for their pictures on the consultants page. We are adding new faces regularly and growing our More Alive With Color territory.

Is there a More Alive With Color consultant in your area?

Stay tuned for more imagery.

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April 19, 2012

 

Dear Color Lover,

My next 4-Day Color/Design class will be held from July 12 through July 15, 2012 in Washington State. I hope you will join us for this exciting training program that will enable you to expand your career (as well as your thinking) into more lucrative and creative color consulting areas.

We are located on Bainbridge Island, a half-hour ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle, WA. For now you will need to know that you fly into SEA-TAC International Airport, take a cab or shuttle into Seattle and then take a gorgeous ferry boat ride across the Sound.

A much more detailed information letter will be sent to those of you who register for the class, but if you have any questions or need additional information in order to decide if you would like to attend, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

I look forward to hearing from you!

 

leiseman@nwlink.com

206-842-4456 (Ph)

206-842-6498 (Fax)

How Can you Take Advantage Of Mother Nature? Use Sunlight!

April 6, 2012

Color’s message may be subliminal, but it’s always there to create an effect and to color your decisions, your moods, and your world. This notion was recently explored by one of my former students, Lara Serbin. She is an architect and full service color consultant living in Arizona. Her love of color has been expressed in many different creative fields including fashion, interior design, personal color consultations and architecture. As Lara has taken both my online training program in personal image color consulting (the Color Clock™ theory) and the “in-person” Color Design program, she is truly a “full service” color consultant.

Lara is currently working on a project for The Center for the Arts. In coming up with a color story for the center, Lara and the director, Joseph Benesh have created a harmonious color palette that includes two colors, Pantone Sunlight 13-0822 and Pantone Beaujolais 18-2027 from the Crossover palette that I explain in my book More Alive With Color. Crossover Colors are nature’s most versatile colors and are those that occur most frequently in nature. Your eye is accustomed to seeing them in combination with many other colors. Which is why pairing the Sunlight with Beaujolais was a smart move.

Lara has this to say about why she picked Sunlight: “Sunlight is a yellow that is the perfect background for any color.  Sunlight is also a complementary color to purple. Sunlight wakes this whole color board up with happiness!”

Click here for the full article….

I couldn’t agree more, Lara. Living here in the Pacific Northwest we know the importance of a little Sunlight. Still, we have ideal lighting for color matching, so there is always Column A against Column B!

Thank you for letting us share your story.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 13, 2012

One of my colleagues and former students, Debora House, is a gifted colorist and a remarkable artist, who lives in Sweden. Every year she send us her unconventional and creative Valentines. I want to share this year’s creation with you.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

We Are Coming To California

November 7, 2011

Dear Color Lover,

Lee’s 4-Day Color/Design class will be held in January 2012 in the Los Angeles area of California. We have set those dates which will be Thursday through Sunday, January 26-29, 2012. We hope you will join us for this exciting training program that will enable you to expand your career (as well as your thinking) into more lucrative and creative color consulting areas. This class will be held in Burbank, California at the Marriott Residence Inn Burbank/Downtown. This Marriott hotel is one of their Residence Inns, so there are small kitchenettes in the rooms. The Marriott has given us a group rate of $129 per night for the class which includes a breakfast buffet. The hotel is very near to the Burbank (Bob Hope) airport.

Lee accepts a maximum of 20 people in the class and registration is on a first come, first served basis. 

Required reading prior to class: Leatrice Eiseman’s latest book, “Color: Messages & Meanings, a Pantone Color Resource” will be required reading for the course. It can be purchased through Lee’s own website,www.colorexpert.com, or through www.amazon.com, or ordered from your local bookstore.

If you have any questions or need additional information in order to decide if you would like to attend, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

I look forward to hearing from you!

leiseman@nwlink.com

September Sale-Fill Your Horn Of Plenty!

September 1, 2011

September is the start of harvest season and the time when the kids are heading back to school.

So this is the perfect time to put the focus back on ourselves. What could be more fruitful than to gather some new skills to yield more for yourself and for your family. To help get you started we’re offering two separate sale opportunities. 

You can purchase the More Alive With Color Fanguide and get the More Alive With Color book for FREE. Click the image below for more information.

If you want to take it to the next level try the online training.

Colortime Image Consulting can help you enhance your field of knowledge in color. Click the image below to sign up for the online training.

Style For Hire

August 12, 2011

I just got back from a wonderful weekend in New York City where I participated in the Style For Hire workshop with Stacy London where I spoke about color theory based on my More Alive With Color concept.

Style for Hire is a group of fashion stylists who are trained and certified by Stacy, her partner Cindy and their team. Stacy is best known as the “honest-beacuse-she-loves-ya TV stylist” of the What Not To Wear duo.

 

Style For Hire stylists are “helping people with unique bodies, tastes, and budgets develop their own sense of style; learn how to dress their body-type; and maximize the investment they make in their wardrobe.”

Color Knows No Age Limit

July  22, 2011

This is Sofia. Sofia is the daughter of one of the students from my summer Color/Design class. Sofia was so inspired by her mother’s interest in color that she insisted she have her own mini “color workshop”.

 

 

During her workshop they talked about colors for specific products. She decided that a yogurt maker was the ideal product for her color palette.

The next task in the “class” was to make a color wheel. This is not an easy task but as you can see Sofia handled it like a true professional.

I think we may have another future color/design class attendee.

Colorful Kitchen

July 5, 2011

Rolando Barrera traveled from Mexico two years ago to participate in our Color/Design program here on Bainbridge Island. He had an interest in learning more about the psychology of color, effective color combinations and how the use of color could have a positive influence on his customers when they visited his beautiful kitchen-centered showroom.

He sent us some wonderful examples of how his showroom has depicted both mood and style with the artful use of color.

Rolando told us that the concept for choosing the colors was to use some “cheerful” and “delicious” colors like tomato, lime and citrus.  But he also integrated “our Mother Earth” by using warm browns and grays. In particular, he felt that the use of teak and a pristine white depicted “heaven and earth”.

His goal, in his own words: “The ideas of the colors of this showroom is to immerse our customers and visitors in different ambients of color and see which kitchen they like the most”.  He feels that “happiness” is a main component and that “color really sells”.

We respond to these handsome images and shared thoughts with a big Bravo to Rolando!

Full Service Color Trainer In The Making

February 14, 2011
We just got back from a wonderful week in Burbank, CA where I conducted my most recent 4-Day Color/Design class. As always, there were many kindred spirits in color and the class bonded quickly. One of the attendees, Alicia Keshishian, has been an art director, graphic designer, surface designer and illustrator but still she wanted to hone her skills in color consulting. In addition, she currently produces a line of custom hand-made-to-order carpets.

Coming from a long line of gifted and influential carpet designers, carpets have been part of her life as long as she can remember.  As she puts it “the smell of the wool, the touch of the fibers, the variety of patterns. It all feels like home to me. Rugs are an ideal medium for creating an intimate piece of art. I custom design each piece so that it reflects my client’s sense of style and beauty.  The process is collaborative as I work directly with clients or their designer/architect to create a distinctive, personal carpet. We start by deciding on colors and patterns, then apply the design to the size and shape of the space.”

“It’s been increasingly clear to me that people respond to color before anything else. It’s truly visceral.  Clients are unable to navigate into any new territory, be it pattern or style, if the colors aren’t resonating. I believe colors are very personal and they transcend current fashion trends or peer pressure! I think it’s important, as a color consultant, to extend that confidence to my clients so they can live in the comfort of their own dreams.”

So well put and so true.
Alicia was so excited by what she learned in class that she decided to enroll in the online training as well so that she could become a “full service” color consultant and expand her services.