Posts Tagged “klee”

Starting out…
Mid-way through
Final painting, I still need to heat set and stitch.
I didn’t start out with a great photo of Mazzaro by Klee, and have had to improvise while painting this one to compensate for the poor copy that I have. But, all in all, I’m happy with how it turned out. I still need to iron, fuse the interfacing and stitch, but then it will be finished. It’s always a creative challenge for me to start on a new famous fabric painting. A little bit of discovery is involved each time I do one of these. It’s a chance to get into the mind of another artist, a different time period. So far, I’ve covered the Renaissance, 19th C and now a 20th C artist. It’s also a very meditative process for me that’s hard to describe.

When I think about it, I am really interpreting another artist’s vision. The image is recognizable, but I bring my own baggage with me when I make something. When I say baggage, I mean that I have my own way of working, my favorite color palette, biases etc. So, it never truly is an exact replica but my own take on a master’s work.

Tags: fabric painting, klee

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. Tags: fabric painting, klee