Mountain Meadow, Early Developments
Want to see what I’m working on? It’s inspired by a photo taken at one of my favorite spots: an overlook on the Blue Ridge Drive. But, as you can see, I turned away from the distant view and noticed the one behind me. The setting sun gave the grass a wonderful golden hue!
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I fiddled around in the computer, creating a photo compilation, editing items, “growing” mountains, and kicking up colors. Evenutally, I arrived at this for my “sketch,” of sorts.
I wanted to use saturated colors and lively prints, so I got busy. First, I created the sky and added what I thought was the perfect mountain fabric. What? You can’t see the mountain? Yeah, that was a problem.
So, I switched out the mountain fabrics. Much better! How do you like the mountain with vertical stripes? I really enjoying doing unexpected things like that.
Next, I began to work on the grass in the foreground. My goal was to create a sense of depth by using smaller scale prints at the back of the meadow and larger scale ones in the near foreground. It was fun to work in this way.
Okay, that seemed to be successful. What do you think?
“Grass” detail shot:
I was very happy with it at this stage. What a great feeling!
Ellen Lindner
Looks good so far Ellen – I like the variety of fabrics you always manage to use.
Thanks, Cheryl. I DO love to use lots of fabrics!
It looks great, love the texture of the patterned fabric. I’ve seen your work in person several times and have been enjoying reading your blog. One thing I’ve been doing lately is taking black and white photos of work in progress to check the values… very helpful!
Thanks, Loreen. The visual texture of patterned fabric is the main reason I just can’t leave it alone!
Your tip about black and white photos is a great one. I’ll have to learn how to do that with my camera.