Visual Artist
I did some patterns for the SEWN class tonight using Acrylic Glossies. These paints are so fun. They leave a bright shiny surface. They are somewhat opaque.
I also used some metallic paints (Golden brand) and experimented more with my calligraphy pen and the Elizabethan collars. Making these help me practice my thin upstroke and wider downstroke.
The assignment this week in the SEWN class by Mary Ann Moss is to make a book with a cover of patterns.
I used papers I collect in a box after I do other projects. Tidbits, snippets, things I just can’t quite throw away.
I chose a hexagon for the shape, then sewed the pieces I’d adhered to a piece of cardstock lightly with a glue stick.
I added some washi tape to finish the edges inside and out and also adhered a piece of see through paper to the inside just to finish it off. It is some handmade paper with a circular pattern – a bit hard to see, but I like how the sewing shows through but is also covered up a bit.
I put some vintage buttons on the string – some from my collection that I love.
Can’t wait to see what is next in the class. Enjoying it a lot.
I admit that cheated a bit because I watched the intro vid and couldn’t help myself – I had to start making some patterns for this online class before midnight last night.
Here are a few. After watching the class instructions I am happy with them – I got them right. I’m going to do some bigger and looser too and find my stash of vintage photos and some vellum to work on.
Can’t wait to see what we will do to sew them all together.
I’m taking an on-line class I found out about from my art friend Laura McHugh in New Jersey.
I’m excited to be combining things I love: painting with watercolors, paper, scraps of paper, and thread/sewing to making some fun things. I’ll update on what I’m learning and doing here with a cross posting to Facebook.
In the meantime, here’s a cool vid on the class:
