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A Riff on Harold and the Purple Crayon
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PAINTS USED Fine Paints of Europe H00110, Farrow & Ball Clunch 2009

Whereas Harold had a purple crayon with which to design and demarcate the world according to his whims, I’m actually doing the opposite — using paper white to line-draw animals over a color I think is perfect for a child’s room, and which had me thinking of this classic book the whole time I was working.

 
 

It’s purple, all right, or rather — magenta, a complex color with enough grey in it to remove all hints of “Crayola,” which belong in a box and not on the wall.

I do magenta rooms once every year or two, and each time I find myself giving a client permission — "you’ll love it, let’s just get the right one". Inside, of course, my own inner child is jumping up and down and in this case, that was doubly so.

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- Mark Chamberlain, interior and decorative painter

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Mark--

What an adorable room - it's playful without being dumbed down.

posted by bepsf on October 27th 2009 at 11:35am
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Harold and the Purple Crayon is my favorite children's book. It made me want to draw, and I'm a graphic designer now.

posted by BruceS63 on October 27th 2009 at 12:22pm
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One of my favorite children's books! I still have the much-loved and tattered copy of my childhood...what a great idea, Mark!

posted by neefall on October 27th 2009 at 12:33pm
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love, love, love

posted by misshoxie on October 27th 2009 at 12:33pm
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Oh love it! Harold and the Purple Crayon is one of my standard baby shower gifts.

posted by faith on October 27th 2009 at 1:19pm
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