Met Roof in Blue and Green

This is another swatch from Spoonflower, this time, in green and blue. The original is on the left; the print is on the right. It was printed on the upholstery weight cotton. The colors on the swatch are actually deeper and richer than they appear in these photos.

To learn more about this image, see the previous posting.

Met Roof in Stripes

This swatch (printed by Spoonflower) is based on a photo taken from the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with color changes made using IrfanView's free software.You can read more about all this here and here. The design is on the left and the fabric on the right. Obviously, the image was cropped and repeated.

It's printed on upholstery weight cotton, which made the photography a challenge. In the end, I used the scanner. Click on the photo below to see more detail including the fabric texture and the jig-joggy angles of the buildings -- an unexpected and pleasant surprise when I edited the colors.

Swatch versus Original

Long ago, I had Spoonflower print a swatch for me. Today, I finally had time to photograph the swatch. I ended up using IrfanView to edit that photo so it more accurately reflects the colors in the swatch. Then I used MosaicMaker to create this image. My original design is on the left and the swatch is on the right. I blogged about the design here.

Photographing these prints is a challenge. Nevertheless, I'm having way too much fun -- textiles, blogging, color, MosaicMaker -- all at the same time!

This last image demonstrates why I need to edit the color on the photo of the swatch.

Abstract Painting

I'm taking an abstract painting class this fall. On the first night we were asked to create a non-objective painting. All subsequent assignments will be focused around well-known abstract painters.

This done in acrylic on canvas. I was told that supplies would be provided. Turns out, students are supposed to bring their own supplies. My teacher graciously provided a canvas, brushes, and paint. This was the first time I ever painted on canvas and I loved it. I loved my teacher's largest brush enough to buy one for myself. That green is a color of paint I never buy; it was fun to play with a new color.

I wish I brought my camera to this class, because this painting morphed so many times as I worked on it. At one point, it had a few larger areas of intense red. I overworked some parts. That's something I continue to learn -- knowing when a painting is finished.

Halloween

Maury High School

I'm not crazy about this Dear Jane block, J9 - Maury High School. The colors are just too low contrast to show the piecing. Still, not every block needs to be a star. For now, I'm keeping it. Perhaps, if I ever get all the blocks done, I can go back and re-do some of these low contrast blocks.

Moth in a Web

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I made this Dear Jane block, E13 - Moth in a Web, many years ago. I need to replace it because I've since switched my colors for my Dear Jane quilt to all pastel versions of: pink, yellow, and green. I chose this fabric because of the butterflies which go with the shapes in the block and it's name. The "That Quilt" group is working on this block this week. I wonder if I can get myself to get back to this project.

I'm not getting much done these days in the way of quilting, in general and even less so with my Dear Jane quilt. I have a few other quilting projects hanging midstream and I started a beading project last night. Nothing seems to be getting finished except for my paintings.

I'm taking a an abstract painting class. The first week, we painted something in our own style. Each week after that, we cover a different painter and attempt to emulate their style or copy one of their paintings. So far, we have done Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Franz Kline. Next week, we will do Jasper Johns. I wish I had photographed each painting as it evolved.  I still hope to post photos of some of my paintings from this class, however, I cannot show you the "Picasso" because it seems to have "walked" out of the studio.