I am so frustrated at the moment, I love to draw but I also love to make quilts! I have been advised to practise, practise, practise, my life drawing in preparation for September. It is true, the more you practise, at a particular subject, the better you will get. After my second, informal interview this week, at Hughbaird college, I was given some A2 paper to practise life drawing. A much bigger scale than my little A5 sketch books and the few pieces I have recently done on A3. The area I need to concentrate on is surface texture. So I started this shirt and after several hours, with breaks for essential life things like, eating and washing and cleaning, I was itching to do some sewing. I love to draw but this type of drawing is very intense and to say I am rusty at it is an understatement. I took a break and rumaged through my fabric stash and made four blocks from the Simple Sample Quilt my amazing friend Janet designed in 2006.
3 comments:
It's true, I used to draw for 20 mins a day and you really get your eye in. I dont know how I got out of the habit. It's so absorbing isnt it? Nice work, lot's of detail there.
Im sure you could have chosen something easier.......wihout stripes? I'm dizzy just looking at them! lol! keep up the good work with the blocks.x
kath i am sure once you get your new home just right you will be back to your twenty minute sketches. You are also very talented in that department x
I know what you mean Gwen about the shirt, hmm? But the quilt blocks are really looking good. I might have it finished for Wed you never know lol x
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