lewis art club
Posted: Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
at the last meeting of the club showed us a semi abstract method of creating flower paintings, Jane has in Carloway, the meeting was on Saturday 28th April I wanted to finish my painting before posting, Jane told us to draw some single flowers quickly without worrying about close detail, then to cut them out,
then we used a large sheet of paper to arrange our flowers on and draw around, using the shape several times, then we started to paint, I thought I had taken a photo of my painting as it was when I came home but I had not so this photo was taken after I had drawn detail in the flowers and started to paint them,
I had enjoyed this process it was like working with appliqu茅 shapes and more suited to how I work, so I played around with some ideas in my sketch book before continuing with the painting,
And this is the finished painting, White Flowers,
then we used a large sheet of paper to arrange our flowers on and draw around, using the shape several times, then we started to paint, I thought I had taken a photo of my painting as it was when I came home but I had not so this photo was taken after I had drawn detail in the flowers and started to paint them,
I had enjoyed this process it was like working with appliqu茅 shapes and more suited to how I work, so I played around with some ideas in my sketch book before continuing with the painting,
And this is the finished painting, White Flowers,
Comments
Nice, IT, I particularly like the work in progress in the second photo (before the Gallery). What kind of paints did you use? You are so lucky to be able to paint, I can't draw the proverbial straight line! It's so interesting to see how your thoughts and ideas develop.
Jill from EK
brilliant photos - clever ideas and well presented too.
scallowawife from shetland
The flowers in the image gallery, if you click on each number quickly it looks like they're dancing, honest try it yourself. If it doesn't work then you're just not as quick as me. A bit like flicking the papers to make cartoons, I'm not doing this very well, I think that I'd better stop now. Oh sorry very good IT, very good.
Tws from The Wander Club
now my mouse is exhausted - and glad to hear you are still with us tws!
scallowawife from shetland
Van Gogh eat your heart out! I like the end result. Could you make it into an appliqu茅, IT?
Flying Cat from snipping&stitching
re FC's applique question: I bought my other half a fab t-shirt on Saturday. It is grey with a big black fantasy type bird across the chest, but done in a sort of reverse applique (like that work done in Central America, can't remember the name), with the black material underneath and the grey material cut away and stitched. It struck me that your strong flower shapes would be perfect for that technique - what do you think?
Jill from EK
Frances, your floral painting is great and this looks like a wonderful technique to try on both paper and fabric! Thanks for your nice comments on my blog...
Conni from the scoop, score and deal
Jill neither can I draw a straight line look at the wonky stems, for years I couldn't draw or paint then I had a good tutor and now realise it wasn't me but bad tuition, give yourself permission to play and make mistakes, it's like the joke, practice, practice, practice, the paint is Artists Acrylic, yes Fc you can use it for appliqu茅 and yes Jill reverse appliqu茅 would work to, Conni I started planning a quilt at the class, wow Tws I didn't know I could make moving pictures,
island threads from lewis
Frances...that is flippin' GORGEOUS! There is a new article in the June July Quilting Arts magazine that has totally energized me, and this is coming in the reinforce the article (by Jane Dunnewold). LOVE the Harris Tweed quilt, too. Someone who hadn't been up to my studio previously came in and stopped in her tracks adminiring your Windows! More anon, Sarah
Sarah Ann Smith from Maine, USA
wow stopped in her tracks, wish I could take credit but I am not fooling myself it's the Harris Tweed, when I was working on that painting I was thinking whole cloth quilt and I am making one, thanks Sarah for your nice comments,
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