Bright Summers Day

How about this for memories of summer.

I have been experimenting with new ways of using silk in my work. Just painting it had lost interest for me so I have started to manipulate it first and then paint it. Very pleased with the result. I orginally intended to complete the centre using thread and silk cocoons but time ran away with me and to finish it in time for the latest Silk-n-Threads exhibition I had to use acrylics instead.

MARPLE EXHIBITION - SILK PAINTINGS

This year's Society of Marple Artists exhibition was held the weekend of the 27/28th April. I exhibited 5 painting in all and sold four so I was very pleased.
Still get a buzz when someone wants to hang one of my babies on their wall!
The poppies above were completed in silk dye and then embellished with free machine embroidery.

The datura lilies above were again painted in silk dyes which need to be steam fixed.

These teasels were my first attempt at acrylics. I chose a block canvas as support and these teasels sit on my work room desk and have been crying out to be painted for a while now. The texture was achieved by using puff paint whicht reacts to heat and gives this interesting surface which can be then be painted.