Posted by: Cynthia in Uncategorized
I applied a 1″ pencil grid to the photo
I chose a blue batik background fabric and cut it 1″ larger all around to 6″ x 8″ to allow for an allowance
Using a white fabric pencil, I transferred the 5″ x 7″ grid to my fabric
According to the original grid, I have drawn and transferred the basic shapes of the painting onto the fabric.
Final step before painting is to staple the fabric to foam core or some other rigid surface.I thought I would give a step by step look at how I approach one of my famous painting reinterpretations since I recently signed up for a swap. It’s fairly straight-forward, but you do have to make some creative accomodations to make it work. I have already started painting this one, but will have to share it with you tomorrow. I am using acrylic paints on commercial fabric. Once I have finished painting the piece, I will heat set the paint with an iron and then add interfacing so that it is stiff enough to handle the machine stitching that I will subject this to tomorrow.
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fabric painting,
klee
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it looks fantastic so far! I’m going to link to it on my blog. I’m so excited, I have identified two places in my (tiny,tiny,tiny city apt) where I think they will look great! (from applepietime on etsy)
This is really interesting, thanks for posting it. Looking forward to step 2!
great posts cynthia, it is interesting to see how you are using paint sticks and exploring the interplay with sewing and painting.
I’m glad you approve Arabella! It’s coming along nicely.
Thanks Dy!
Jafabrit, that’s what I’m trying to explore. Combining 2 very traditional mediums, it’s been interesting to say the least.
Cynthia, love what you are doing so far. I now have even more of an appreciation for these little postcards. It really takes a lot of time to make them and get the right color scemes. It takes much more time than doing a fabric postcard. I am still working on my Franz Marc PC’s. They are looking good so far! I’m hoping I don’t mess up on the stitch work.
Looking forward to seeing the rest of your tutorial.
Joanna