Fabric Flower Painting: Step 6

I'm finally done!

I was so excited I couldn't even wait for the glue to dry before snapping a picture. I think this is the first project I've actually finished in a long time.

Fabric Flower Painting: Step 5

It's been a while since I last worked on this project. Mostly I've just had trouble staying motivated. I feel guilty about not finishing it in time for Christmas of 2011, and now it's March and still unfinished. So today I finally dusted off my art supplies and got to work.

In step 5 I've added a layer of ochre over the background. I got a set of six shades of ochre as a gift from my sister a few years ago, and when I combine it with clear acrylic paste I get a nice golden shade of paint.

Valentine's Day

While we're waiting for inspiration to strike (in regards to the flower painting) I thought I would share another project on here. Tonight I spent at least 3 hours making a Valentine, and I snapped pictures along the way!

Fabric Flower Painting: Step 4

Step 4 was the long and tedious task of cutting and gluing each fabric piece in place. Let me just mention that having the shapes sketched out on the canvas was not helpful at all. The fabrics weren't sheer enough to lay them out and use the canvas as a template. What I ended up doing instead was guess, cut, check, cut some more, check, trim, check, glue. At least it worked!

Fabric Flower Painting: Step 3

Well, here is how the fabric trip went down. I took Sam (the painting's recipient) with me for support. We went to JoAnn's and headed straight for the remainder bolts.

We found one that we loved, but not much else to go with it, so we kept looking. Then, oh wow, we found a field of colors!

After about 20 minutes of waffling on color choices we ended up with a nice little collection for less than 8 dollars.

Fabric Flower Painting: Step 2

Since patchwork pieces for the flower petals might get a little complicated, I decided to add some more detail. I put some rough color on the canvas to help me visualize the end product, and also to help determine how much fabric is needed. Next step is to stock up at JoAnn's!

Fabric Flower Painting: Step 1

So here's the story: We got a great painting in at work about a month ago. It's a bunch of tulips made out of fabric and beads on canvas. I will be trying to make my own version of this as a gift to a friend of mine for her new apartment.


Step one here was to sketch out the overall design on the canvas using charcoal.