Tuesday's Two Cents: New Art Quilt Project

Yesterday I decided to dig out of my creative limbo by reviewing some of my photos for inspiration.  This one stood out.  I remember taking this photo outside, in the dark, using my regular digital camera with its' usual flash.  The long branches are of a bamboo plant, and at the base of the plant are small palm plants.  I decided to challenge myself to create this on a dark background with muted palm fronds and something for the branches, not sure yet.  So I selected a black fabric with printed swirls as my background.  First I created a stencil for the palms.I used freezer paper, the kind you buy in the grocery store, because you can iron the shiny side to fabric and it stays in place temporarily.  By the way, these photos are smaller but you can enlarge them by clicking on them if you want a better view.  Next I mixed up some muted green color paint........this was trial and error.  I started with a medium green, added black........too much black.  Then some white and gold, finally ended up with this for my paint. 
This is how the stencilling looked as I started applying the paint lightly with a stencil brush.   I first made one stencil across the middle bottom, then decided I'd make another one near it but added some white to the paint to make it a little lighter.  Here's how it looks so far:

This piece measures 20 inches high and 28 inches wide as of now.  I'm going to need to make another stencil for a downward hanging palm frond, but all in due time.  I'll keep you posted.  I'm liking this so far......anxious to see where it goes.  Thanks for looking. 
  
  

Comments

[Chris Predd]

thank you! glad you enjoyed it!
Chris

[Blankets]

I think this is quite a wonderful project. Quilting to me is a difficult job. This is quite an interesting posting I must say.

[Chris Predd]

thanks, Wil. Its a fun one!

[Chris Predd]

I use acrylic paints......waterbased, and heat set with ironing. thanks!

[Jean]

I think I'm really going to like this one. Looking forward to it's progress. I haven't used paints yet on fabric; what kind do you recommend?

[Wil]

Lovely Chris! Can't wait to see what you are going to do with it.