Feeling a bit under the weather for the last week due to a nasty head cold (now improving rapidly), I took advantage of the opportunity to play with my iPad a bit. Looking for a good crossword puzzle app (see this for what I discovered), I came across a game called Blendoku.
I tell you, I am SOOOO excited about this game!! This has GOT to be one of the best EVER teaching tools for helping ANYONE learn more about the practical aspects of color and value that I have ever seen!
Although the game is intuitive, based on arranging colored tiles correctly in sequence to fill gaps in a predetermined map, the lessons it teaches about how colors shift from one to another will help you comprehend how and why colors work the way they do. Not only must you learn how to work your way around and across the color wheel, but you must cope with the demands of the value scale as well. As one reviewer noted this is a “fun game with real science behind it!”
I teach the importance of color and value and how to use them in all of my international quilt workshops and online quilt classes at Quilt University, except for Math for Quilters where it’s hardly relevant. Questions and answers about color gradations form the backbone of my Darned Quilts classes. I also have a lecture called “World of Color” that I will be presenting at the Taupo Symposium in New Zealand later this year.
I’m going to be telling ALL my students and followers about this fabulous opportunity to play their way into greater color comprehension. Blendoku is simply FABULOUS, by my way of thinking!
Sadly, I fear posting a photo of this game might violate somebody’s copyrights, so the best I can do is to offer one of my Designer Gradation bundles as available from WebFabrics to give you some idea of what to expect from Blendoku:
French Fancy Designer Gradation from WebFabrics
One look at the game’s screenshots will immediately convince you this is a game EVERY quilter ought to play!! Available for some devices from GooglePlay and for all iPads from the App Store, the game is presently FREE!!
Get your copy while it’s HOT!!
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