23 January 2008

Illustration Friday - plain



cotton fabric, hand-dyed wool felt, acrylic ink, stamped letters and acrylic paint on 6" x 6" stretched canvas

I printed the pear (yes, a real pear!) with a matte acrylic paint and the leaf with a metallic acrylic paint for the contrast in sheen.

Working on these small canvases has been an interesting experiment and I like the direction I'm heading in. There's something to this journaling thing...

13 comments:

studio lolo said...

really nice! I always love when lettering in incorporated in an art piece. I also like the stitching. I can't sew to save my life!

Teri said...

Being a retired quilter (due to my art) I can really appreciate this piece. It's wonderful!

Anonymous said...

Lovely, I really like the stitching around the pear and the light green lettering on the top, great job!

marcisenders said...

Beautiful!

Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...

Very nice! Did you eat the pear?

JO said...

Your quilt work is beautiful, love all the layers going on.

jane dávila said...

My husband ate the pear! I prefer bananas, but they're harder to print.

Vera Pino said...

Looks Great!

sophie philo said...

What a beautiful mixture.

Natalya Khorover Aikens said...

pearilicious... sorry couldn't help myself.... it's wonderful, love the layering!

Patrick said...

I really like the combination of textures of the paint on the fabric. Working small is interesting isn't it? I've been doing postcard sized work for the past year, and it's fun to see how different they are from bigger work.

Vivien Zepf said...

I really do love the depth in your work. This is a lovely piece.

As an aside, there must be something in the air -- I used a star fruit last week as a stamp for my weekly journal!

Jane LaFazio said...

yea. really lovely. hmm. I have some pears in the kitchen right now...