More work from the Elizabeth Busch workshop in Maine 09-30-16

As  requested by the class members there is no ID on these, except for mine.

 

This is my experiment.  I put a dried up palm frond beneath the canvas and then scraped paint over it.  Some liked it, I think it is ugly.

My first attempts.

Pictures from the painting class in Maine 09-29-16

I'm not sure if I posted these images previously because I was too rushed to mark the thumbnails.  So, maybe this is a repeat.  These are all the work of the teacher, Elizabeth Busch; examples of some possibilities of using the ProChem transparent paints. 

 

Applied paint to canvas and scraped with toothed tool.  Also chalk pastels to make fine dark lines.

Chalk pastels applied to wet Trigger cloth.

Top: Opaque paint applied to black Trigger cloth and scraped with plastic tool.

Bottom:  Paint applied with scraper and brush then scraped with plastic tools.

Paint applied in layers with drying in between.  Vertical stripes made with masking tape.  Yellow created with very thin masking tape and adhesive dots.   

Using various masking tapes and Contact paper masks and plastic scrapers.  On bottom left corner using a manila folder cut with curved "teeth" - moving it down and applying more paint.

On the top is a finished and quilted piece with faced edges.

Applying paint with scraper then using toothed scrapper to make lines.

Here we are getting to work.  We each brought five pictures of work we have done in the past and hung them all at the top of our very high design boards.

The paints in the foreground are in the little cups we used to mix the paint concentrate with the thick medium - either transparent or opaque.

Almost everyone in this class had at least one previous class with Elizabeth.

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Wordless Wednesday 09-28-16

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New quilt in TCQC 09-25-16

The SAQA auction started last Monday and I bought a quilt that I really admire.  It is by Maria Shell who I heard speak at the SAQA Conference in Portland.  I was so impressed by her presentation and her very graphic quilts that I wanted to have on in the Collection.  Her work reminds me of both Nancy Crow's early work and the Gees Bend quilts, but still it is uniquely Maria Shell.  She lives at least part of the year off the web in the wilds of Alaska and I wonder if the brilliance of her color choices is a reaction to the white/grey/black of the landscape.
Visit the SAQA auction at www.SAQA.com/auction
The next section opens for bids at 2pm Eastern Time Monday, 09-26-16

"Habanero Mini"  Maria Shell - Alaska  2014  12"x12"

Machine pieced and quilted, vintage and contemporary textiles, batting, faced.

Click on image to see entire quilt.


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