Monday, July 28, 2014
Christmas in July
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Purses made from old pants
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Vanity
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Another dress
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
A Flower and A Goat named Little Bear from the story "Heidi"
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Tree of Life Wall Hanging
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Easter
Friday, March 22, 2013
Raggedy Ann Dress
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Mail Thing
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tree of Life Dress
Monday, July 30, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Barbie Cake
Friday, May 4, 2012
Spring Show at AABC
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Esther - Part II
I finished Esther today. I've documented the first part of the process in an earlier post if you're interested in the nuts and bolts. Here is the second half.
I started with a rough sketch on canvas:
Then did a very fast, loose painting with the intention of just getting color all over the canvas. At this point, it looks nothing like Esther. Not sure why I didn't get a shot of the whole thing.
Next, I spent ALOT of time on the face. I wanted to get it right first, because if you can get the face right, the rest of the stuff is pretty much a breeze. Here's a closeup of the face at this stage.
Next I reworked every bit of the canvas with a palette knife. I really glopped on paint here. I tried to bring out more depth and warmth to her face. Although I captured her pretty well, she looked pasty and cool.
A face closeup:
The table looked odd to me, so I added some color to it, and touched up a few final things. Like, the lemon now looks more like a lemon, and her arms look a little more natural. This is the finished canvas!
Here is a closeup of the finished hat.
And her face! Esther, you are a beautiful little girl!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Lyrebird Wall Hanging
My Lyrebird design, printed at Spoonflower, made into a stitched fabric wall hanging. The background came out too purple, I had wanted a navy blue. But other than that I'm happy with it. The lyrebird is an Austrailian native bird, known for it's ability to mimic sounds, and for the male bird's magnificent tail. This one is the "Superb Lyrebird" Menura novaehollandiae.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Heidi's First Sewing Project
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Esther: Part 1
I snapped this photo of my friend Rachel's daughter Esther when they were visiting this summer, and I'm getting ready make an oil painting of it. To me this image is irresistable - the hat, her sly look, the bright colors - I have to paint it. So I've never done this before, but I'm taking photos of each step of the process and I'm going to post them here.
1) The original
2) Cropped to fit a long narrow canvas, which seemed to suit this compostion
3) Black and white
4) In photoshop, removing some of the unnecessary elements, the cross, the cup, the table in the background
5) Changed to outlines in photoshop so I can print what I'm going to sketch. This makes it so much easier!
6) Added my grid
7) My actual rough sketch on the canvas. It's pretty light.
8) In photoshop, I removed the stripes from the shirt, changed it to green, and manipulated the background color. I also adjusted the shadows and highlights. All this could be done when I'm in the painting process, looking at the orginal, but I prefer to get it right in photoshop, print it out, then just paint what I see.
Next step - PAINT! Stay tuned for more.