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From the drawing board....literately! Since drawing
is my first love, bringing my sketches to life in hand drawn
art-quilts is always fun. I wanted to post a few 'before' pictures to
share the drawing part of the process before I move to the quilting
stage. This drawing was done with blue Tsukineko ink on a piece of pale
cotton batik fabric and measures 40" wide by 18" tall. I have a bit
more painting to do, but only deepening blue of the border. A few other
colors will be added in the quilting and embellishment, but for the
most part this will be a monochromatic piece resembling a carved
relief.
When I began painting this piece all I had worked out was the woman and
fish. I drew those onto paper first, then transferred them to the
fabric with a pencil. Because I prefer to work intuitively rather than
have everything planned out, the rest of the image evolved from my
imagination as I painted around these central figures. Above is a detail photo. The background will recede a bit more because I
plan to quilt it with dark thread. This will allow the figures to be
featured even more, and they will be quilted with lighter threads.
I'll be posting the finished piece as soon as I have it's done
BELOW:
The quilting completed and the facing applied, I have chosen the title, 'Something A Little Fishy' for this title of this new piece.
As you can see I made a few changes to the right side of the drawing
before quilting. I felt that darkening the right border to match the
left helped balance the piece better. A bit of beading and embroidery
will finish it off. But first...a few detail images to give you a
better look at the free motion quilting....
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| The finished piece and detail images. |
