Wednesday, April 29, 2009

fabric collage


A dragonfly - hand dyed silk and cotton, silk paper and a few gold threads. Photo is a bit dull but the blue grey silk paper really drains the colours. I stitched through in various blues and blue greens which come forward in good light.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

doors & entries




old buildings in the Rocks - access to storage on the first floor.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Friday, April 10, 2009

autumn is here at long last




... with its cooler mornings and evenings. Of all the seasons I think I like autumn the best.

Its been ages since I posted and I was thinking that I had done nothing much but on reflection it is not true. I have still been drawing. I finished the journalling workshop and I have managed to get a bit of canvas work done. I have also been playing with ideas for a quilt for Filament's exhibition later in the year and an embroidery challenge.

I turn ed up to life drawing last Tuesday to discover that it was not on. Fortunately Mook (the convener for want of a better description) was there drawing a drapery he had set up. Having made the effort I stayed for an hour. Here is the result:
I am rather pleased with it -as a novice I find drapery a real challenge and my eye is not so good. This drawing was done starting with some rough outlines in pencil and ten I moved onto pastels.
I learnt quite a bit doing this including what the texts books referred to as "muddying" colour when it is over applied. I was trying to make the bottom area dark and kept putting more and more brown on the area. I ended up with an area that has a very flat dull look to it - and to my eye it tens to come forward rather than recede. I will work it again and see if I can improve on it.

Not quite a self portrait

Not quite a self portrait
small 8' quiltlet with embroidered hair

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