before i forge ahead….i am wondering.
i have used colored pencil on the area of
the mountain ridges, bled it with turpenoid. on
the far right, did this ~after~ i'd stitched, so
colored pencil is on stitch thread too. have
this feeling that it is kind of "cheating"…
but i didn't want to put fabric there, as in
applique a piece, even silk gauze, which was
tempting…and maybe i still will do that…
but i for what ever reason wanted to stitch it
but also the floss was too defined of colors.
thread i used is some very fine weaving silk that
Martha the weaver had thrown out…kind of a
neutral almost wheat. in the midst of all this,
i am thinking of dyeing threads, silk threads,
even for this cotton muslin stitching…i like
using it a lot…different quality makes it good
for diffused images.
so, halfway through the day.

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5 responses to “more and wondering……”

  1. linda Avatar

    Even Jude uses her pitt pens and I have done that with some of my cloth. It looks like it belongs.

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  2. helen Avatar

    The only reason someone doesnt do something, is usually because they didnt think of it. I would call that being innovative. Dont criticize yourself, embrace the idea! Looks good! There is no cloth is cloth, etc. together its called mixed media.My motto: if it works its fine to do.

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  3. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar

    Els~ thank you for your comment..its that i think ive never seenanyone do that…like,cloth is clothand drawing is drawing…pencil is pencilthread is thread?and if no one does it, then thereis a reason????yes…a pale star winding aroundthe moon..nice words for that…thank you~~~~~~

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  4. Els Avatar

    Wonderful how this piece is evolving, Grace!Why cheating?? ..looks like variegated thread to me. And why not? I think this colourpencil works lovely! There are no rules, right or wrong or cheating …I love the pale star winding around the moon.

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  5. deanna7trees Avatar

    mixed media artists put everything in their art,grace. even paper mixed with cloth and paint. if you do a google image search for mixed media art you will see everything under the sun combined.and like Helen said, you are being innovative and creative if you are doing something you have never seen before.

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