Pamela Allan's class cubism

Last week in pamela's class we studied Cubism. When researching artists and viewing their work I thought it looked easy, sure found out differently when I attempted a Cubist composition.  So here is my effort, not stitched, Woman playing Cello.
This class with Pamela has been very intense and I feel I don't have enough time.  However, I am learning so that's the main thing.

A gorgeous sunny day in the north, little chilly this morning but no complaints from me.

Pamela Allan's class

Here are two more starts I've done in Pamela's class. They both need stitched and quilted.
The first one is 'my garden' and the second is a still life done with funky floral shapes.

It has been fun exporing flowers in a whole new way. I've got one more from this lesson to complete. Will get at it soon I hope.
Still snow dyeing and had some great results with turquoise the other night, Here they are.

I used turqouise Jacquard reed dye with some tan and scarlet Rit dye....still experimenting :) I am finding that freezing the wet fabric before applying the snow gives great results.

Such fun.

still more snow dye fun

I had some great results from yesterdays snow dyeing, of course there is NO shortage of snow up north. For these three I used Rit dye. Very neat designs, and more whitish than I've got using the other dyes I have here. I see a background for my funky flowers done in Pamela's class for Lesson 2.

I'm excited about the results.

February already, class with Pamela Allan

I don't know where Jan went, I do know that winter is still here.
At present I am taking an online class with Pamela Allan, very intense and she is such a great teacher.  We were to choose one of our favorite artists pieces and duplicate the colors. Only cutting with scissors...your scissors are your pencil in Pamela's class.

Macke is one of my favorites, I chose his 'Three People Walking' a rather serene lovely piece.
Here is my take on it.

No stitching it is just pinned and glued in place. No pre-drawing or drawing, just shapes cut out with scissors.

Next we were to use the same colors for our own composition. I chose to create a scene that is less serene, mine is called "Three People watching the storm"

I will do some handstitching on it and hopefully it will come to life.

I don't know  what is in store for us next week, but this weeks work on color was an eye opener for me.

I also love seeing all the other artists work that other studens have chosen.

FFFC#41, Raven in the cherries

I have just finished my challenge piece for this month. Way out of my comfort zone, but I diligently worked away and find that it turned out not too bad.  Our challenge was, use three of the primary colors and their compliments. I chose to use all three primaries and their varying hues.  We also were to fracture the piece and to use something with wings.  I did a still life, as the raven always seems to sneak into them, but this time he is front and center.  Fracturing is totally new to me, and I think I might have got a bit carried away.  I was trying for a dark side wall and the sun rays coming in onto the light wall.  This is one technique that I would like to do more of.  That is what so great about the FFFC group, a challenge every month.
If you want to see some gorgeous fracture work:
http://www.katiepm.com/riohondolarge.html  Katie P
http://www.robbieklow.com/Gallery.asp Robbie J E

Enjoy and please leave a comment I appreciate receiving feedback from my peers.

Friday Night Sew In

Joining the Friday Night Sew-in is a way of setting some time aside to work on those projects on your to do list. And remember - it doesn't have to be a sewing project.. maybe you have a knitting project.. or some scrapbooking.. it could be anything. Join us on Feb. 19th.

New blog

I have started a new blog for my traditional quilts. I have so much stash and a lot of UFO's, my commitment for this year is to finish UFO's and bust some stash.  I have a couple of post there if  you would like to check it out. http://quiltsbyrhoda.blogspot.com/
Have a nice day.
Rhoda

more snow dyeing

Here are two more pieces that I have done. The turqoise colored one is Jacquard silk dyes, and the brown/rust one is reed dye!

Disappearing 9 patch

I finished the Disappearing nine patch for my brother in law. Just have it in the dryer and then will take it to him. He has menengitis and has been very ill and still is ill. I'm hoping he'll find comfort from this quilt, and I busted a bit of stash. The mega quilter co operated well this morning.

more snow dye fun

On the first one I used Dharma blue pigment and some brown. It reminds me of 'jack frost' on the windows in the winter.
The second one was done with apricot and turquoise silk dyes.

Such fun.