Description
A mini course developed in lockdown last year with a number of students – I show you an exciting way to achieve six mini abstract landscapes using inks, Posca, collage and flurescent colouring media before taking your chosen one into stitch. Compostion and vibrant colour is achieved with lots of threadpainting and added texture with Cable stitch and couching. The outcome will be a small body of abstract pieces inspired by your own pictures of landscapes brought with you. These can either be phototographs youve taken – or from magazines.
With thanks to the LTT ladies, Lorraine George, Donna Goymer, Gill Strzelecki, Tracey Nixon and DFS 2020 group for the images used here.
Requirements:
Most important thing is to bring your own reference material – ie photos , pics of seascapes or landscapes.
Abstract Landscapes PART ONE – THE PAINTING.
Aim:
To create six square compositions that look at the abstract and suggest land or seascape. From these we can take further into a stitched piece or pieces.
Your Inspiration landscape/ seascape picture or pictures with a back ground and foreground.
Requirements – A3 or bigger Watercolour paper – can be hot pressed or cold – whatever your preference but needs to be at least 220gsm.
Watercolours or Koh I noor ink
White acrylic paint – White Posca Pen is fine also.
Any fluro ink/paints (I use fW inks) or posca pens you may have in your stash.
Large one inch flat brush for watercolour and/ or a mop brush
Smaller brush for detail.
Masking Tape.
Masking Fluid (I use the blue so I can see where Im going!) Go to Jacksons Art for a pot.
Loo Roll or cardboard
Paper Scissors
Ear buds (optional!)
Water colour pencils
