Some New Sharpie Work

Today, I finished an effort based on a photo of Billie Burke -- best known for playing Glinda the Good Witch in the classic 'The Wizard of Oz' film.

This piece was done on Master's Touch watercolor paper (140 lb.) with Sharpies. The white dot embellishments were added with white Posca pen, and the black line sketching was done with a new Monoline Studio pen (0.5mm). The Monoline pen is lovely to work with.

The two interesting things that happened while working on this. The first was when adding the purple background, the color was way too dark for the face to 'pop', and it needed to be lighter. That's the reason for the white dots, and they make a world of difference! Also, the glove (in the lower left) was originally a light pink color and then covered with the maroonish color in order for the wavy line seams of the glove to be captured.

I really like this piece, and it came together quite easily. That could be due to five studies I've done since yesterday--using different tools and substrates--of the same photo for my 2022 Find Your Voice class.

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Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Paris!

Since late March, I've been planning an international solo trip that included meeting up with friends. The planning is what makes a trip an adventure, and it was definitely fabulous -- now that it is in the rearview mirror -- so to speak. During my two weeks abroad, the sights visited included the: Mauritshuis, a lovely art museum (The Hague, Netherlands) Binnenhof (The Hague, Netherlands) Delft (Netherlands) Kasteel de Haar, a castle (Haarzuilens, Netherlands) Museum Speelklok (Utrecht, Netherlands) Walking Tour of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dutch Resistance Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) De Oude and Nieuwe Kerks aka old and new churches (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Sainte Chapelle/Conciergerie (Paris, France) Giverny - Monet's residence at one time (outside Paris) Versailles (outside Paris) Musee d'Orsay/VR Event titled 1874 Impressionists First Exhibition...

New Project in Progress

I'm working on a new project with multiple layers and shapes of different colored organzas. It is an interpretation of lighting on an ice rink...from a show I recently saw. There is a lot more stitching to do, but I like how its coming along. I'm learning organzas are not easy to work with especially when you layer them and have overlaid edges. The fabric also tends to ravel easily. This post also linked to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com .

Fabric Basket - Pretty Easy

This basket was made in Jane Hall's half-day course at IQF 2014. The greatest amount of time involved in making it--was cutting and sewing the strips together. Otherwise, it went together easily and quickly (3 hours). These baskets are a great holiday gifting idea that you can match to family and friends' home decoration color schemes. They're fun and useful besides.

Cay Denise

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