Seashore Pillows Made up

Here they are!

New Fabric Project

I love these projects with a lot of colour...
Here are three pillow fronts....

There will be three more soon, with some water imagery...

Click on some of the images to see them bigger....

And then I will paint backs for all six...

Then it's off the the seamstress...

Recent Work

I have a lot of work to post to this blog, I have been too busy to keep up. Here is some fabric I painted a few weeks ago....

Ah, this blogging thing has been taking a backseat...

I have been quite busy, and now I will catch you up on what I have been painting. This fabric for instance, completed WEEKS ago!

 It starts off as usual with a painterly grounding of colour and texture...this design is going to be quite simple. It is for upholstery onto various furniture.

Here are some close ups:

 Here is a subsequent section; the background is a lot of fun to paint.

Later on, you will see a mirror frame I have just painted to match this fabric...but first, I want to show you all the pottery I have been working on, too. Next entry!

Fish,Fish Fish!

I am still busy painting this fabric yardage with the fish theme, 11 yards total, I think I am almost done!

I have the cat fooled....

This is Bomba, he is always such a helpful presence, ceramics being his usual specialty....

You might ask if painting so many fish, on so many yards becomes tedious?

Well, I try to avoid that feeling, by working fast and keeping up the energy. It never helps to drag it out, and feel as though it will never end... however, when I see the faces develop on these little guys, I get quite caught up in the whole thing, and want to do MORE.

Must be a Pisces thing....

More Fabric Yardage

I am still working on replenishing my tapped out inventory of fabric yardage. Here is the latest piece.

You can click on some of the images to see them bigger....

Below, you can see the first step in painting this fabric. This is how I start most pieces like this. Lots of activity, contrast and drama in the initial steps makes for a denser, more layered final result.

Wet fabric!

This image shows the initial blocking in phase of the floral and viney part.

Then I add shadows for depth and definition...

The finished fabric:

Tine to heat set and wash. Another lovely length of fabric ready for whatever the future may hold....

Painted Fabric Yardage

Here is a hot and bright piece of fabric to brighten up a winter day!

This is yardage that will be used initially for display on a wall in an art show later in February...

and eventually may be cut up into pieces to be made into pillows.

I do enjoy the energetic "ad lib" process I get into when I paint fabric yardage .

Its completely addictive.

Remember, you can click on some of the images to see them larger.

This fabric gets heat set and then washed, and its ready to go!