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Quilty Girl Number 2 from Bizarre Quilter

page 26 of 40 in my personal visual diary challenge

This is the next phase in my creative drawing journey. Developing portraits in my own style.

With all my still life drawing practise, I found I loved creating texgtured backgrounds and the look of fabric.

This Quilty Girl has a log cabin quilt in the background. I've drawn her intuitively (same process as when I do a spirit guide drawing).

I Know deep within there will be more Quilty Girls and this will be an ongoing series. For now, I will practise face composition, shading and shadows, and designing ...

added by Unknown 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under drawing , pastel , portrait , quilty girl

The first Quilty Girl from Bizarre Quilter

page 25 of 40 in my personal visual diaray challenge

Quilty Girl #1

I decided to try an intuitive drawing of a girl, then found a quilt just appeared in the background! I can feel a series of these coming along!

added by Unknown 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under drawing , pastel , portrait , quilty girl

The challenge of drawing fabric from Bizarre Quilter

Page 25 of 40- I'm working my way through a 40 page diary in soft pastel.

A new prompt hashtag for me, I found #objectpaintchallenge on instagram, and this one called my name. (Of course! Textiles has been my medium for 25 years after all!)

I really enjoyed creating the squiggly lined striped fabric base, and the thimble, but I just couldn't see where the light would hit the pin cushion. So I feel that appears to be a bit flat in my drawing. The fabric didn't reflect light, it absorbed it.

I think I like drawing ...

added by Unknown 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under drawing , object paint challenge , pastel , still life

A fresh cabbage from Bizarre Quilter

I was inspired by this home grown cabbage and the photo of it, grown and photographed by my friend Melissa Roy-Hillier.

page 21 of 40 in my personal visual diary challenge

I love the different shades of green, and the way the veins appear in different lights.

Green is my favourite colour, I love the beads of water on here, the slight purple with the greens. What a great colour palette for any drawing.

There's something about cabbages. I'm very inspired by them.

added by Unknown 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under drawing , pastel , still life

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 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under architecture , drawing , landscape , pastel

horseplay from Charm About You

Today I'm sharing another project that ignited my creativity, reinforced my style and encouraged me to push my skills. I am so happy with this finished table runner, which now sits pride of place on top of my fabric cupboard (no longer covered in mess!).

I created this runner in the summer as part of the #justjudecollaborates series of makes organised by Judith Hollies. It's actually made using the Horseplay cushion pattern by talented designer Kerry Foster of PennyDog Patchwork.

The fabric pull took a long time. I really liked the fabrics Kerry used in her original version ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 4 years, 11 months ago. under #justjudecollaborates , applique , free motion quilting , janome , karen lewis , kerry foster , pastel , pattern , pennydog patchwork , quilting , quilting ruler , ruler work , solid fabric , table runner

geesey geesey >> from Charm About You

This Autumn I had the pleasure of joining Rachel of Stitched in Color for the Geesey Geesey Sew-Along. Her Geesey Quilt pattern is a brilliant exploration of colour and I spent quite a while debating what sort of look to create and what fabrics to use. Over time I have been collecting black and white prints and ultimately thought it would be an interesting choice for the pattern.

Thinking about what to pair it with, my inner 80's child was screaming PASTELS! Thankfully I had quite a few of those too. My first inclination was to use the pastel ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 4 years, 11 months ago. under a gaggle of triangles , color study , creative grids , fabric , flying geese , geesey quilt pattern , inspired by the 80's , monochrome , movement , pastel , quilt , quilt making , quilt top , stitched in color , triangles

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