What do you do when fear paralyzes you? My Pittsburgh pieces are ready to paint the snow, but I am extremely afraid of messing it up. It has been a lot of work up to this point and I'm afraid of ruining these pieces. I have tried several samples painting the snow. This one was my most successful one. It is painted with Setacolor white. It is sponge painted. The painted snow is heavier at the top since that's where the falling snow would appear the most dense. Natalya liked this one because it is the look that I'm going for. She just said that the sponge I use for the individual flakes should be a bit smaller.
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Oh I know that paralyzed feeling only too well...I always say--(though it's hard to make myself believe it sometimes after a lot of hard work on a project) "It's only fabric" "You can cut it up for a scrappy piece after all"...I have never painted on fabric myself--but to me this looks great and just like snow falling...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteHi Chris, they both are good experiments. I don't blame you for being paralyzed with fear - I would be too, especially about adding paint. Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteThose are both good samples. I think the spatter painting would be more effective (I've used it for snow before). If you are nervous, when your next batch of paint arrives, make a few more samples. You don't need to go through the labour of the quilting for these; just choose a fabric that emulates the background, and practice spattering in the way you want it to show up. The density of the spatter will still come through, regardless of whether or not the background has been quilted. You could even practice spattering on dark construction paper, just to get confident with the technique. Then, when you've got the hang of it, go to the piece. You can also spatter the 'snow' in stages -- start with the top where you want it to be heavier. Let that sit for a bit (it will probably dry) and then go back into it with a lighter hand as you make your way down the piece. Just a thought. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is really good advice for trials. I'm thinking about mixed media tutorials that talk about spattering and different people prefer different brushes. I was surprised to see someone using a fan brush While most others opted for a flat or round brush. Also sometimes they thinned the paint. Do you have any opinion on either? Obviously, asking for a friend lol
DeleteI'm with ya on the fear thing. I used to watch a certain quilt artist totally complete a piece including the quilting, then get out her paints and stamps and start stamping all over the piece. I always just froze as I followed the blog post, thinking that oh no she would ruin a perfectly beautiful piece, but obviously she'd done this enough that her result was always an entrancement.
ReplyDeleteI like the spatter sample better, but other than that, have no experience and thus no suggestions of how to do this.