So you may remember this supposedly finished piece that I called "June".
This weekend, I was working on that other piece I showed you last week, and this one literally fell on my head (off of a shelf where it had been precariously balanced).
At the time when I showed it to you, I said it was "pretty but baby"; and I still felt that way. The tree trunk is beautiful (even if I do say so myself); but the problem is, the tree trunk looks like its on top of the leaves, rather than behind them because it's so dimensional.
I needed to build up the leaves.
So I hand painted on top of my already quilted quilt; adding depth and shading (I can see a difference, can you see a difference? *heh*);
... and now I'm adding some leaves to bulk it up a little - hopefully without looking too much like "I just stuck some crap on my quit to make it look more interesting".
We'll see if I can achieve that balance!
And of course, concurrently, I'm working on wrecking my big flower as well. lol
More on that later.
:)
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Loving it! It will be really interesting to see how it develops.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing how this turns out! Thanks for the tip on my comments problem. It obviously worked. You are a double genius, my friend!
ReplyDeleteI'm a lover of trees, and I cant't wait to see the leaves and the finished quilt. I agree with you and your thoughts about this piece. It is a wonderful interpretation. The depth is great. WOW!!!!
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