Well, flying meant going light on art supplies, so I only brought a small pack of rarely used oil pastels and a 6" x 6" Bristol tablet on our recent trip to Florida. After some so-so sketching, I eventually got into simple sgraffito - fun and non-threatening. It was easy to prepare panels ahead of time to bring along for whatever turned up (such as anoles and palm trees; the flamingos were on my beach bag). I've arranged a few into a quilt for display here.My scraper was a broken sea shell ... a fine utensil! I've posted a close-up of the palm tree because I tried to capture the ferns that grow right out of the trunk, in the "soil" created by many seasons of tree debris getting caught in the places where the old fronds are trimmed.
All in all, a wonderful time and great to be home.
6 comments:
Now that's what I call being truly creative and innovative. These came out great!
Dianne, this is one beautiful work of art as you've laid out in this quilt pattern. Creative and innovative indeed, and so beautifully too!
Great idea. This is really beautiful.
That's really neat. Very creative.
Dianne - thanks again for helping to hang the exhibit at the Historic Gettysburg Railroad Station.
Ach! I love that little shell..it's so shell-fish!
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