I thought I would post the ATC’s I was working on last week before I started on the Katrina quilt. Recently I have been using ATC’s as a way of experimenting with different techniques and supplies. I find the small venue a little difficult to work with sometimes, but it is a quick way to find out if something works or not.
I was experimenting with oil pastels and crayons. This was my first time using the pastels. I made my rubbings from rubber stamps. The directions for the oils said to let sit for 48 hours to dry thoroughly. I said the heck with that and pressed with a hot iron between brown paper after about 30 minutes. It seems fine.
This is the oil pastel:
Leaves #1
The other two were made using crayons.
Leaves #2
Leaves #3
The leaf colors should have been darker to show up better on the light background. I guess the next time I need to press a little harder.
Now I need to get back to some UFO’s (yeah right) and give some thought as to what to start next.
2 comments:
Hey, I was just blogging about wanting to combine hand stitching with stamps! These are very nice. Thanks for the inspiration and welcome to the blogring!
I like the subtle quality of the tonal leaf shapes on the cloth. Sometimes more contrast is a good thing. And sometimes less contrast is just as good!
Beautiful work.
Pat in NJ
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