Last of pictures from Elizabeth Busch class 10-27-14

These are the last pictures from the class that I have permission to post.   I'll be eager to see the comparison between these projects and those that develop in Elizabeth Busch's class at Empty Spools/Asilomar in March.

Patricia Charity  There is good depth in this one. 

Andrea Bacal   She added some color to the black and white McIntosh rose fabric. 

Andrea Bacal Both depth and motion.  A good one!

Andrea Bacal  Nice bit of blue in background.

Andrea Bacal

Gail Sims  This shows an excellent use of commercial printed fabric with the fabric painted in class. 

Gail Sims  This one is haunting, isn't it? 

Gail Sims   Another good use of the commercial fabric/painted fabric combination.  Simplify!  

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Mini compositions from the Elizabeth Busch class 10-26-14

On the fourth day of class Elizabeth Busch had the class use black and white paper to make cut or torn composition samples.  These I posted on 10-16-14.  On the last day of class she had us create five composition samples using the fabric we painted in class, plus whatever commercial fabric we chose.  Everyone didn't do the exercise and some I was unable to photograph.  Here are those I did:

Del Thomas

Gail Sims (A)

Gail Sims (B)

Gail painted a large cut of black and white sunflower commercial print which yielded some great color variations. 

Tricia Charity

Laura Bisagna

Laura's minimalist designs really appeal to me.  Why can't I whip out something like these?

Carolyn Villars

Nadine Rutman

Unknown  (Anyone like to claim them?)

These may be from Susan Root who spent more time painting than sewing.

Andrea Bacal

Andrea incorporated curves and circles in her designs, the only adventuress in the class. 

Deb Mackay

Deb uses the same spontenaity that she uses in her marbling. 

It has been my observation that composition is just about the weakest part of the art quilt world.  Myself included!  Doing exercises like this and sharing them with others who are gifted in critique would bring a big improvement in that deficiency.

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More student work from Elizabeth Busch workshop in San Diego 10-24-14

Here is some more student work from the Elizabeth Busch workshop at Visions Art Museum in San Diego.   I'll have at least one more post on this subject.  There are five of us registered for Elizabeth's class at Empty Spools/Asilomar in March.  Still a few spaces left - it'll be a great experience.

Sandra Lauterbach   www.sandra@sandralauterbach.com

This is quite a large piece with pieces applied.

Patricia Charity's piece includes a commercial black and white print over-painted with the Pro-Chem transparent paints. www.fromedge2edge.com

Simplicity is the point in this piece by Laura Bisagna 

 Laura Bisagna mixed her colors before applying them to the canvas.  When she pieced her fabric together she created this mysterious design.  www.lolobee.com

Here is another finished work by Deb Mackay.  All of her pieces are at least 30" square. www.debmackaytextileart.com

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