A few years ago I took a workshop on "Painting on fabric with Dyes". The instructor was a local artist, Eileen Gidman. ( -
http://eileengidman.blogspot.ca/)
As with all workshops, I had a great time, learned some things and managed to create a number of reasonably decent pieces.
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| Garden Favorite |
My problem was - What do I do with them now? I am not a quilter like Eileen and most of the pieces where the wrong size or shape to make a pillow, so the pieces just sat around.
Recently I decided that I had to do something with these fabric paintings!
For Garden Favorite I added a border and painted Morning Glories using acrylic paint and fabric medium. Then, I made a pillow using a piece of green fabric for the back.
The colors aren't an exact match but it looks pretty good I think.
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| Flower Basket |
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I attached the two larger dye paintings to stretched canvases so they could be hung - gallery wrapped so no frame is needed.
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| Poplars in Fall |
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I think this will increase the chances of these pieces being sold because they will actually be seen now that they are hanging on the wall and displayed on the bed.
I had a challenge with how to hang another painting recently. It was a 4 x 6 acrylic on canvas board. Of course, I didn't have a fame that it would fit and it sat on a shelf for a few months before I figured out what to do with it.
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| Blue Flame |
Although the background looks a little purple in the photo it actually matches the painting very well and the red frame really finishes the whole thing.
Although I have a very busy month ahead of me I decided to enter Leslie Saeta's upcoming 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge for the month of September. Check it out here -
http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/
I hope you will follow along with my progress during the month as I work to improve my skills with pen & ink.
