The portrait will have to wait a short time until I finish my round of teaching… hopefully I will be able to complete some of it on the road.
Category: Capture & Create
Portraits No 9.
The fabric pictured below is what I am using for the shading of her shawl. I will "grade" the fabric first. By that, I mean that I will work out how many graduations of color I will use. I think there will probably be around 6 graduations. I may have to add a little ink…
Portraits No 8.
I’m now preparing to create the garments in the portrait. If I was making them in order, I would need to create her skirt first, because that is underneath the other garments….then her shirt and arms and finally the shawl and beads. However, like the face, I will work on this part of the quilt…
Portrait No 7.
I’ve added a few tricks to this part of the portrait. The mouth was made separately and I didn’t add it to the portrait until I was satisfied with it.The lips were made as two separate pieces and illustrated with three colors, brick, black and white. I used Tsukineko inks (Not Paint honey’s) I auditioned…
Portrait No 6
There are 4 pieces in the nose….
Portraits No 5.
I thought I should talk a little about the fabric I use. I don’t wash the fabric prior to use. I need the sizing in the fabric to prevent the fabric from unraveling. My portraits are raw edge appliqué and in my humble opinion there is nothing worse than a "fluffy" portrait. I use really…
Portrait No 4.
This is an illustration of how I place the pieces accurately on the appliqué. The tracing paper pattern is placed over the image on the appliqué mat and each piece is layered prior to pressing. I use the edge of my scissors or tweezers to get the pieces in place. Sometimes the piece is very…
Portraits No 3.
I’m beginning to layer the shades, paying close attention to the details in my original picture.There are eight layers of appliqué on the face and three in hair at this stage. Of course the neck and the neck shading was the first to go down. I have worked from the background to the foreground. Now…
Portraits No 2.
One of the most difficult aspects of creating a portrait in fabric is to find the correct skin color. I often use a variety of Batik fabrics, but recently I have been using a Hoffman fabric by Mckenna Ryan. The fabric is graduated and I can get double the use out of it because I…