Still testing one of my blog features. Here’s a little eye candy in appreciation for putting up with this.
This is Carefree, on of my favorite pieces. It features my son and two of his cousins skipping down my parents’ farm road.
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Ellen Lindner
It sure is great to be able to interact with students and teach, via Zoom, to people across the country. I recently taught “Floral Improv” to a group of students in the Ann Arbor, MI area. They all did an excellent job and these late-in-the-day screen shots are proof. Woah, Grace got a LOT of…
In preparation for my next dyeing session, I’ve been making stencils. Of course, I did some of the typical sort in which you cut through stiff plastic. Then, I learned about interfacing stencils. These are used with screen printing, which is something I’m trying to learn more about. The basic idea is to paint onto…
You know about the left and right sides of the brain, right? The left side excels at logical thinking. Categorizing, sequencing, etc. but sees things mostly black and white. The right side is the creative side. It considers many options and sees many shades of grey. Well, I’m mostly left brained. My brain automatically sorts,…
When you go antiquing in Virginia you’re very likely to find items related to the Civil War. Such was the case at J.S. Mosby Antiques and Artifacts in Orange, VA, where these period uniforms were displayed just inside the door. The owner, Stephen Sylvia, is an expert on military weapons. Here, he was showing us…
Finally, here is Second Thoughts, complete. I had a lot of fun working on it and I’m quite happy with the results. Did you notice I turned it upside down? That was just the jolt it needed. Here’s a detail shot. Notice that I added subtle squares in the background. I love little things like that which…
I’ve been working on a series of quilts in the same size, colors, and motifs. One of the hallmarks of the first three quilts was undulating lines with jagged edges. But, when I’m in creative mode I always allow myself to take detours. So, when I got the idea to use some smoother undulating lines,…
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