Left or right?

 Idaho Beauty wondered what this composition would look like reversed. It’s easy to flip an image. I’m so used to seeing the face on the right so putting it on the left seems strange. 

I did try out another idea, but for now will stick to the original idea.

Here’s the other idea.

So should I go left or right? I also forgot that this show is just proposed at this point. I submitted my proposal and that proposal has to be accepted since even the proposals are juried. I guess we’ll see if it’s accepted.

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Maybe a decision……..

 I have played with my surreal idea a bit more. I got rid of the vortex and the pocket watch. I only have one eye showing. The eye on the left is covered by the sky and clouds. I suppose I could let a bit of it peek out. I’m still deciding about the moon. I kept the raven and the doorway.

Here’s my latest sketch. 

I put it into an iPad app to try out different colors for the quilt. The ones with the stars is interesting, but they would not be seen all over the sky with the clouds. I’m sticking with the gold eye and the tears.

I do have a potential fabric for the background. It’s one of the ombre sky fabrics from Jennifer Sampou. Of course that’s not something to worry about now. I’ll have to decide what colors to actually use. She has many of the ombre sky fabrics. I think I might have to use some fabrics other than cotton. I might have some hand dyed silk and velvet. I also might need some tulle and organza. Maybe I will even need some heavier fabrics like wool. Maybe I can use the wool batting sample that I have to create dimension when I quilt it. Lots to ponder. Should be a fun project.

What do you think?

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Smaller pocket watch hanging from a vine

 I decided the pocket watch was too large and distracting and it needed to hang from something organic like a vine. I changed the sketch. It still needs some more refining. Now I have to decide if I’m going to do this or skip submitting anything to the exhibit. I’m not sure if this is a good composition. I would hate to waste my time on a poor composition. Maybe there are too many elements. Is the pocket watch needed? What about the raven? What about the doorway? Maybe the face is too centered. Maybe the watch should be embedded in the tree. Maybe the face should be old and wrinkled.

After I finish my sister’s gift I will pull fabrics and see if anything works. Plus I need to decide if this composition is good or not.

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Playing more with one of the ideas

 I’ve done some more playing with the design with the single Raven.

Here’s an updated sketch. I’ve added a tear to the Raven and found an image of a pocket watch to copy and paste into the  sketch. I wanted it to be very large to fit the surreal theme. Plus that would make it easier to create in the quilt.

I wanted to make the background darker so I edited that in a photo app called Art Studio. I also added the moon in the vortex.

I wondered what it would look like with Roman numerals, a more realistic moon, and more blue gray. I found a pocket watch and moon to copy and paste into the image. I turned it blue gray in photo editor on iPad. 

Maybe some gold eyes?

So there’s a lot to think about here. A lot of this depends on what fabrics I have. 

Is this surreal? Am I moving in the right direction? 

Today I have to work on my sister’s gift.

Thanks for reading.

Chris