Earlier this year, one of my journal quilts was a trial trying out different marks with pen and paint on a gessoed section of one of my older quilts 'Which Way Now'. It's been on my mind for a while to see how it would work scaled up so the first day of my Xmas creative break I sewed together some gessoed offcuts and scraps and braced the chill of the conservatory.
I had a fine time mixing together acrylic paints with my fingers and applying to the fabric!
The overall effect was a bit blobby so I laid it flat and applied trickles of red acrylic ink horizontally in an attempt to unify the surface.
With daylight fading I stopped. I'm not sure this piece is going anywhere although probably I'll strengthen the marks to emphasise the horizontal arrow at the bottom but I had a wonderful therapeutic time doing it!
The daubs may not be going anywhere but I'd love to see the 'trickles of red ink' repeated elsewhere!
ReplyDeleteSimple, but effective way to "paint" your fabric .... must remember that !
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