I did finish the paper work I showed you last week with the manipulated Amaryllis image. It started out with this first one. I didn't like some of the areas I did in watercolor so I cut them away and filled those areas with cloth.
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| manipulated Amaryllis image, watercolor, colorpoint paint, fabric |
I printed another image, used some paint and then did some free motion embroidery with some hand stitching. Those 5 pieces in the bottom right hand corner are the watercolored pieces cut away from the image above.
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| manipulated image, watercolors, colorpoint paint, fme, hand stitching |
Here is another image I played with in PE....this one is more like a sketch and when I turned it around and added some pencil marks....it looks to be a dancing goat to me. You might see a horse or a deer or...
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| amaryllis image manipulated in PE |
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| my dancing goat |
The Amaryllis bulbs are on their second round of producing flowers so there may be more playing when those bloom.
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| Amaryllis will bloom again |
I have never had any formal training in Art or Art History so when I read about this class on Facebook, I just couldn't pass it up. We studied Matisse the first week and now we are studying Gaudi. I am so happy to have found this class. I have already learned so much and have really gotten into doing the exercises demonstrated. Check it out at this
link. If it interests you, you can still sign up and I believe the class will be available online for 2 years so there is no rush to keep up. You can work at your own pace. There are 9 teachers...a different one each week and each presents a different artist. It is so worth the cost. The name of the class is STUDYING WITH THE MASTERS and you can read all about it
here.
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| some of my art supplies and a book recommended by Jeanne Oliver |
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| in the style of Matisse / a new journal started |
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| collecting patterns in a journal |
I've been continuing to work on my daily stitching project and the blocks are adding up.
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| just a bit of my own embroidery in each already embellished block |
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| an appliqued bird block for the center surrounded by vintage cloth |
A very full week. Went a bit backwards with the Downton Abbey coat this week. I found a mistake at the armhole so I had to back out 7" but I'm almost back to the top again.
We had a freeze this week with some very icy streets that looked like snow but created havoc on the roads with lots of accidents despite the fact that all the schools and some businesses closed for the day....but we're back to normal and expect tomorrow to be in the 70s. I just love the variety.
Hope you're all safe and are having a wonderful weekend.
