52 Tags Challenge - Tag 15

 Another tag video was put out on Friday by Anne. This week the prompt was called Tiny-scapes. Create a tiny landscape on your tag. How co-incidental that I had just created a landscape for the Landline quilt.

Adding colour to fabrics by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

After watching the video and looking through my photos for inspiration I decided that another beach-scape was what I wanted to create. Before starting I decided to hunt for fabrics and found some cheesecloth, linen and aida. All whites or creams so out came the liquid watercolour and fabric medium for some colour play. Some interesting results as I did not wet or treat the fabric before painting with the colours. I added some fabric medium to one colour pot and just played around. 

After the fabric had dried It was time to cut and add layers to a base fabric to create a loose interpretation of these photos. I wanted to have a clear sky and a little more in the foreground than just the rocks but with the waves breaking across the tiny-scape.

Beach by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

Grasses by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

Creating is Happening by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

I found the cheescloth was ideal for folding over to create a wave structure and for the sea as the dying process had created a darker line near the edges of the fabric that was useful for the horizon. The linen seemed a good choice for the sky as it had a different texture even though it was dyed with the same colours. Some other colours for the rocks and sand and then it was time to stitch it down. Last thing was to add some detail with stitches and some silk tops. Added a very unrealistic sun because creating the thread covered rings is so satisfying. Fly stitch birds in my sky as a way of linking back to previous tags. So much fun to create such a tiny-scape.

Tiny-scape beach by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

There were many other interpretations shared on Instagram and Facebook. What would you create as a tiny-scape? Please leave a comment sharing your ideas.

Playing with Watercolour

 Lots of time to revisit things I love as we settle in to our retiree life.

I have time to look through my accumulated stash of books, e-books and bookmarked videos to learn and play with pencils, paints, threads and fabrics.

Tonight it was a video by Ruby Tuesday Art that sparked some play with watercolours. She has some great instructional videos that led to an explore of creating dragonflies.

Watercolour Play by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

Dragonfly Tags by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

First up was some brush pressure play to create leaves. Then there was some play with an idea that came from an art journal I created with a class one year to end up with some dragonflies. Once the watercolour was dry I added some sparkle and then drew my black repeated stroke outlines. What do you think? 

So one video led to brush stroke play that led to tag creation and a little bit of fun. A great way to end a day.