142 – Toxic Spill
Progress is being made on big Fear Quilt, despite interruptions mentioned previously. Anyone who has tried to keep a blog going consistently…
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140 – Laying The Groundwork
The sky has been composed above the “Not Yet Dead” attraction. Now to lay the groundwork. Again, I must keep in mind…
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137 – Just Cut It Out
Precious creations are dangerous. Becoming attached to what you’ve made, either because of the look of it or because of knowing what…
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136 – Tangent Awareness Day
Every budding artist should observe Tangent Awareness Day! The ability to spot this space killing compositional flaw will improve one’s art immensely…
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130 – The Devil is in the Details
I’ve made graffiti artists in my fabric collage art quilt who were going to be spray painting on a mural, but now…
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128 – A Dog Comes To Life!
A dog came to life! It will be snapping at a child’s cotton candy, so it had to be menacing. I cut…
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107 – Drawing Too Many Snakes!
I spent quite a bit of time drawing and revising the idea of a snake slide as a feature in my amusement…
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30 – Diving into a pool of imagery
I’m beginning to think that I’m trying to do too much with one artwork. Better to have too may ideas than none,…
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5 – Waiting for ideas to float by
“Adrift’ was my last quilt. It was unplanned. I missed being absorbed by an all consuming project, but nothing was grabbing my…
butterfly
12 – Where will the butterfly land?
Before quilting, I need to play with the position of flowers (I’ve painted a smaller second one) and butterfly on the painted…
India quilt
23 – The perils of liking your work
When work becomes “precious” because you like it, it’s difficult not to get caught up in playing it safe, but that sucks…
India quilt
9 – Final composition achieved!
It’s not a perfect photoshop edit, but it’s what I need to make a quilt from. I love making my own reality!…
India quilt
8 – Layers in Photoshop Elements
If you’re wondering how I’m working with photos for my India quilt… #photoshopedit #fabriccollage #neqmexplorations #susanpolansky
India quilt
7 – Bringing life into the picture
Once I created the background for my #indiaquilt I can figure out how to bring it to life, and the foreground figures…
India quilt
6 – Planning the composition
India quilt composition. So many hours in and I haven’t even started thinking about the fabric! Need to buy some “building materials.”…
India quilt
5 – Making a vertical from a horizontal
India quilt composition in progress. #photoshopedit #ilovephotoshop #artistsoninstagram #neqmexplorations #saqawip #jaipur #susanpolansky
India quilt
4 – What story do I want to tell?
Of course my India quilt will have people, and maybe a few animals (like the cattle and dogs that were everywhere.) Fantastic…
India quilt
2 – What do I post?
India quilt begins. I’m not sure what to post of my progress. I make lots of small changes on photoshop to create…