Like very accurate portraits.
March Journal: Ellen, by Ellen Lindner
The portrait above was the FIRST thing I ever did with this technique! That’s how easy it is.
Now, I have an eBook about this technique, which uses this awesome apple to teach you the concepts.
My students and readers have had really good results with this technique. See what I mean:
The download is only $9.95. Find full details here.
Enjoy,
Ellen Lindner
I’m not usually an impulse shopper, but every now and then and I get carried away. Such was the case on a recent visit to thrift shop. What should I find, but a huge collection of vintage paper doll books! There were ones from every era, and even political ones, like the Reagans and Clintons….
Have you been following along as I’ve used my “Tetris” skills to put this quilt together? I’m calling it Adrenaline Rush. Adrenaline Rush It was challenging at times, but I’m quite happy with the results. I dyed/printed all the fabrics myself! See full details for this piece. UPDATE: This piece got one more radical change. See…
There were some really great quilts at the World Quilt – FL show last week. My favorite kind of quilts are those that grab your attention from across the room and draw you closer, and then when you get up close you’re amazed by the details of the piece. For me, there were several in…
While on our vacation out west, my husband and I got to go on a hot air balloon ride! It was EXHILARATING! And very interesting! We both really enjoyed it. We met the crew of Elevated Ballooning at 6:30 AM, when it was only 27 degrees! This Floridian was wearing six layers of clothing, which did the…
When dying fabric there are two types I want to produce: yardage, and specialty. Yardage has a mostly all over pattern and can easily be cut up and used. Specialty looks almost like a whole cloth design, with thought given to composition and such. These yellow pieces fall firmly into the yardage camp. The top…
I’m having a little glitch with my blog posts. As I try to sort that out I’ll be posting some tests. To compensate you for putting up with them I’ll include some eye candy with each one. Here’s an early art quilt from 2001, called Hopes and Daydreams. Although it looks like I did complicated curved…