The time is flying by and although I am busy all the time, it's hard to remember what I have been doing. I might have to start keeping a record or a diary!
I have recently finished an improv quilt but it cannot be revealed yet, but here is me putting on the binding. Although binding is not my favourite part of making a quilt, at least it means that it is nearly finished.
I have also been playing around with collage, paint and paper. I really enjoy it and hope that I will eventually do something that I love. At the moment I am allowing myself to experiment.
I bought an online class (actually I have bought a lot of online classes during and since lockdowns) with a French artist named Laly Mille. The class is called Soulful Abstracts and she asked us lots of questions about the things we like and we had to quickly answer them and then find a picture on Pinterest that looks like the answer to each question. We weren't supposed to take much time, just go quickly and then take a screen shot of the pictures that we collected.
I was so surprised to see them and how the colours went together. Apparently that is a colour palette that we should try and work with. I printed out the photos and pasted them into my sketchbook.
I was shocked to see all those blues, dark pinks and golds. Then I remembered a photo that I took a few months ago of a scene from a TV show because I liked the colours and it happened to be the same colours.
The next step was to just paint a page of those colours.
Now I have to try and use those colours and prompts from the photos to see what happens. I still haven't done that, it's on my do-do list.
I did do some little abstracts using some other colours.
I wasn't that happy, so I added some mark making and I liked them better.
I hope I will be able to translate these ideas to fabric eventually.
One of my daughters wanted to make some cushions for her new house, so she asked me to teach her how to make them. We had a lovely afternoon making them. She sent me a photo with my granddaughter Anna admiring them.
The world has had the sad news of Queen Elizabeth passing away, I feel a bit flat and sad about it. I remember lining up in the city to see her drive by on one of her visits to Melbourne. I think it was in the 1970's.
Bye for now,
Linda
2 comments:
Can't wait to see the mystery project - the colours look amazing. Reminded me of citrus fruits.
And speaking of colour, I am always in like with anything that's blue so of course those pieces caught my eye. Spent some time pondering over the 4 little abstracts and the differences as you added the marks. I think my issue would be knowing when to stop adding marks which could be as a result of my crazy quilting background. Something to think about!
I really appreciate your comment, Magpie Mumblings. It reminded me of how I found the traditional Victorian Style crazy quilting a bit much and how I simplified mine. I am going to try and simplify in my next abstract.
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