I just finished my second shell piece. It is a bit different from the first one as you can see. I used lots mor fabric paint and applied it in a looser fashion and even used a palette knife and slabbed it on like putty. Machine stitching finishes it off. I did use some fabric dye on the pink portion of the shell to keep that portion of the piece soft and almost paint free. I am enjoying the combination of dye and paint and will be exploring this more in future pieces. The photo above is the true color while the picture below is more yellow due to the lighting issues.
Here is a detail shot. You can't see the stitching on the blue background very well but it follows to contours of the thick paint and brings the focus back to the shell.
2 comments:
This looks great, Marjie. I like the way you did the color of the inside of the shell, and also the contrast between the outside and inside. I think the broad brushstrokes of paint are a nice contrast to the detail of the shell.
Kristin F. in SC
Thank you, Kristin! It's a lot rougher than the other shell piece. Fun to really slap the paint on this one.
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