architecture

Drawing from a friend's holiday from Bizarre Quilter

page 20 of 40 in my personal visual diary challenge.

A3 black paper

Thank you to my friend Georgie Parish for letting me draw her photo. The composition is amazing, look at the focus and the use of thirds!

I loved translating this into artwork. The lines in the building aren't completely straight, and perspective may be off a little, but overall, I love the depth I've achieved, and the bright colours elevating the iamge.

I prefer the full version to the cropped version.

Such a great photo though! Thank you Georgie!

added by Unknown 3 months, 1 week ago. under architecture , drawing , landscape , pastel

First, Manhattan, Now the World, in Scrappy Quilts from Gefilte Quilt

Did you ever want to make a city quilt, but weren't sure where to start (pun intended)? I once trod in your shoes — but now I can help!

Hot off the press, five years in the making, here's my new 96-page book, 'Scrap Cities: Joyful Modern Architecture-Inspired Quilts.'

Cities are fascinating in a billion ways, and a quilter could spend a lifetime making city-themed quilts — which I feel like I just did (In fact it's only been about five years).

'Quilted New York,' the book before this one, took me a year bent over a smoldering keyboard ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 2 years ago. under architecture , chicago , city quilts , cityscape , los angeles , new york city , quilted new york

Fallingwater from The Snarky Quilter

Tucked away in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, east of Pittsburgh, is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces. Fallingwater was built for the Kaufman family in the 1930s as their summer retreat. Its setting is fantastical – partly suspended over a waterfall – and totally impractical. It is a triumph of vision over reality.

For my birthday this year my husband arranged a trip there. We drove by such tourist attractions as Jellystone Park (Yogi Bear’s home) to reach the long drive up to the visitors center. Timed small group tours take you through the main house and guest house. The ...

added by snarkyquilter 3 years, 1 month ago. under architecture , everything else , fallingwater , frank lloyd wright , laurel highlands (Comments)

Inspiration is Everywhere from Where Art & Life Meet

A number of people expressed interest in seeing the pieces I use to illustrate a particular stitch I’m demonstrating during my YouTube videos. As I’m showing how to do a stitch, the camera is focused on my stitching, and doesn’t pull back enough to see more than a few inches of the piece I’m working… Continue reading Inspiration is Everywhere

added by arianezurcher 5 years, 5 months ago. under architecture , ariane zurcher designs , art , building facades in nyc , creative process , creative stitching , inspiration , life , manhattan , new york city , nyc , old buildings of nyc , on the other hand , raised cup stitch , raised cup stitch tutorial , studio tour , sue spargo , youtube , youtube embroidery tutorials , youtube tutorial , youtuber (Comments)

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