This past week I've been trying to capture the changes brought by shadows - late afternoon subtlety and midday sharpness. I'm trying to develop a better sense of how texture is conveyed - the chair backs, the matt finish on the table, variegated lilly, louvres casting a shadow on the outdoor blinds. Transparency of liquid. Somehow I think I could develop an entire life's work simply from observing and playing with shadows. For now, sketching and developing a finer eye for the nuances of shade.
Scaling up an image of the Brisbane River to develop the substrate for a new art quilt. Each square needs to be 6cm x 6cm to make a finished size of 5 cm square. I created a "to scale" model of the finished quilt on drafting paper. I printed an image of the river (attribution below) and then scaled it up to get a fairly accurate flow across the quilt. The substrate rightly tells the background story. It is the foundation on which the main elements or features reside. So it isn't the "hero" of the piece - it needs to be recognised and visible without overwhelming the piece. I can now easily identify which squares hold a section of the river and start to experiment on piecing, applique, fusing, printing, and painting to learn which gives the best outcome for the substrate. (Brisbane River original image: Magpie Shooter; edited version Paulguard at en.wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/indix.php?curid=9724127) My foundation piece might well end u...
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