Second Batch Of Pillow Fabric

Here is the set up for more pillow fabric. These pillows are all little compositions with in a square, or triangle, or rectangle, as the case may be. I have to know exactly where to paint. (Sometimes I make pillows out of yardage: fabric painted with an all over pattern. Then I just cut out the shapes I want after the fabric is done.)
I lay out all the framework in chalk, using set square and straight edge to make sure everything is even and corners are square.



After the fabric is dry, I heat set it in a very hot dryer for a half an hour or so.

Later today, or tomorrow, I will give it all a quick finishing wash, and hang it out side to dry.
Then I will cut the pillow shapes out from the fabric, and match fronts up with backs. And deliver to the client!

Total Eye Candy

I love these colours!
Today's work was exhausting and exhilarating.
I find it very hard to stop when I paint fabric. It is a very ''immediate'' medium for expression of pure colour, and the actual painting process moves very quickly; short drying times, etc. Its easy to work to a state of real tiredness, by the end of the day.



I can't wait to start another batch tomorrow!

The 2 fields of cheques are the back panels for the two more elaborate squares you see here.

There are also 4 rectangle fronts, and two triangular pillow fronts.

Tomorow I will begin the fabric for the back of these six.

Fabric For Pillows

The painted desk in the background looks on as I get my fabric ready for the next project. After having so much time lavished on the it, I hope it doesn't feel sad and abandoned. Maybe its happy to be done, and left alone for a while!











I have decided that this green is the best colour for the
general background for this project.













Here are the sketches for what I have planned. Lots of COLOUR.
This will be fun.

Desk Completed!

Interestingly, the client chose July 4th as the date to paint on the letter on the desk, just to have a date on it. Without any specific effort to do so, I actually, really did finish it yesterday, July 4th. it wouldn't have mattered whether I did or didn't, but its rather nice that the date there is the same date I made the decision that, yes, its all done.
You can see the work table now has fabric on it, all ready to begin painting for my next project... fabric for pillows.



























Here is one side of the desk I neglected to include as it got painted. Lilacs, bees, and a frog.

Here is the desk and chair outside, getting ready to go home with the client. It all looks so beautiful in the outdoors.

Remember to click on the pictures to see them bigger!

Desk Chair

The final touch for the desk project is the chair.
The addition of gold leaf on the frame and some in the slats on the back to create light for the little cameos that appear on each slat, ensures that stylistically, the desk and chair are clearly a set.

Desk Nears Completion

Although many days have elapsed since my last post, plenty has been going on , including a sudden, complete, computer hard drive melt down last weekend. That was fun.

Luckily I had not too long ago backed up about 16 gb of photos, Pamdesign website data, and other things, so there wasn't too much to worry about loosing. However, all of the photos of the elevator lobby (see blog entries for May) were at risk! Fortunately, we were able to transfer all the data from the old computer onto a new one. Nevertheless, whole thing was very traumatising.

My advice? Gentle readers: Back up your files. All the time.

Back to work......

Here you can see the planned for trompe l'oeil touches: cup, letter and pen....

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Did I mention there is a chair, too?

Bugs And Stuff...

Here is a view of my work table!!!

I use the table as a palette. Also, the side of my left hand.....

I tip the furniture over to paint the sides. (Below)

It makes it so much easier!!!

This side will feature Lilacs, and some more animals, no doubt!

More Critters....

Here you can see some more little animals adorning the front drawers of the desk....a couple of more rats, some bugs, some more birds.....this section is now just about complete..
I chose to allow the drawers to be independent of the surrounding furniture, IE:, they both show little cameos of action, separated from the main body of the desk....the latter will feature insects in the bottom corners, (see catepillar)... In this way I can show the insects large scale and make it clear that the birds on the drawers are in the FOREGROUND, and the rats looking up are in the background, in a little clearing. The Fuchsias blooming on both drawers unite the two pictures... It seems like a terrific effect!

More Wildlife Comes To Desk...

The delicate work here really lends itself to a lot of detail images for this blog....it may be hard to understand the context, but soon I will have more overview photos of the desk, as it nears completion.




Here I have added these little ''mice type creatures'', per request of the client.....I am very fond of small mammals, ( including, and especially rats) and it always gives me great pleasure to include them in my artwork.... mice are nice. REMEMBER! By clicking on the images, you can see them really large!