Sometimes, I get asked why I have a sketchbook, when my work is about textiles, but really, my sketchbooks (of which I have many) are great inspirations for my textile work.
Today's piece of work is directly inspired by some pictures in one of my books.
These two oil pastel sketches inspired me to try some simple landscapes in fabric, which, if you know me, is something I do a lot of. My idea was to paint the sky and the foreground, then use fabrics to create the horizon in a dimensional manner, ie using scrunched and folded fabric.
So far, all I have done is paint the skies. I am using canvas for these and using the long format to fit a pair of frames I have. I am still dithering about whether to paint the foregrounds, or whether to use fabric. Perhaps I should do both?
Also, here is another of the collage a day foundations I have added to.
As you can see, I have made it to fit a particular frame as well. What inspired this was the tiny piece of metallic sari border fabric. In fact, this is all I have, a scrap, but I wanted to use it as it is sooo shiny.
On the right are black linen and satin pieces and the Grey square is a painted baby wipe. I free motioned the moth onto a piece of filmy gold organza, which is only just visible and if you look carefully, you can see I have not trimmed it right back to the stitching yet. I am quite pleased with this one and am itching to get on with some hand stitching on it!
Happy Creating!
