Art Every Day, Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Good Morning,
Well, it was bound to happen, here's a little, layered landscape for today's piece. I needed something quick and easy for this morning and I just wanted to play around with quilting depth along with value. I like how the darker more heavily quilted areas recede both in the mountains and along the dark green horizon line. Mostly, I like the bit of realism in the grasses in the close up foreground.
Now, I'm off to teach 21 ladies all about creating embellished quilts.
Till tomorrow,
Heather
3 comments:
I find it just astonishing that this small, FLAT piece can look the way it does!
I know you have accomplished this with color and placement.
The yellow-green "grass" looks closer to us because of its color. I too, love the quilted tufts! As you work further back on the greens, I see you have quilted more heavily and increased the tone/shade to make it recede.
The violets and blue naturally recede more, being cooler. You did a lovely job on the quilting on them too, adding dimension.
What surprises me most and what I think proves your lesson from yesterday best is the sun receding to back behind the mountain!
I know part of it is because it's a relatively small portion of yellow. But I also know that the yellow is behaving like it is actually coming up from behind the mountain rather than sitting on top of the piece because it has a lot of quilting in the small space.
Amazing.
Ooops! HERE the sun would be going DOWN behind the mountain... I shouldn't post so early in the morning! That's my excuse and I am sticking to it! LOL
Well, I never have been crazy about landscapes, but I like how this one shows depth. I also like the different quilting and how that affects the depth as well.
Thanks!
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