Sewing and more Drawing !

Sewing & Drawing

Today i really wanted to get a bulk of work done but due to wanting to be a perfectionist i didn't get as much as i wanted done, even though i haven't stopped!! Art does take a while though..

I previously printed onto some large paper with my bird feather print so thought today i would use them to draw my birds onto them!

gouache and oil pastel!

gouache, beak is oil pastel

looking into different perspectives and sizes! all gouache. The duck (right) is my favourite due to the lovely colours!

closeup of the duck

there i really focused on the marks not necessarily on the colour

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this is just paint on the tin but thought the colours and the way they are composed really showed and reminded me of a swans beak!

After doing some of my drawing i stopped for lunch,afterwards i thought i would change what i was doing to keep my mind interested and alert!

I decided to sew onto some flocking paper froma previous print. the texture was really interesting so by adding masses of stitch would change the property of the way the material behaved!

This was actually really time consuming but i love the outcome! Its very delicate as a surface but due to the flock being quite rigid it gives the drawing a certain kind of stiffness to it !

For the past few days i have been working on my 4th hand embroidery piece it has taken ages, here is an update to what it looks like!

for this piece i'm trying to focus on the marks within the use of stitch!

long stitch and chain stitch!

beading and french knots!!

Here is some of my beadwork i've done before just a trial piece and also to try and show feathery textures...

Hopefully tomorrow i can do some continuous line drawings onto some more large paper and