My thought is that I have mixed up surrealistic elements with more natural ones, and it doesn't work as well as I would like.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Orange House, 25 1/2" x 18 1/2"
My thought is that I have mixed up surrealistic elements with more natural ones, and it doesn't work as well as I would like.
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I love how you used the woven strips to create the bricks of the house.
The tree in the front yard is fantastic- great use of a great print.
What great bricks! I will certainly try this technique.
Cherie
Hi Tobi,
I like the woven strips as well, and the somewhat bird's-eye perspective. One thing you might look at: see what you think if you were to crop off some of the piece to the left (to just about the edge of the tree trunk). Then the house becomes a stronger element I think and doesn't compete with the background as much. Just a thought, anyway.
Brenda
Hi Tobi,
I really like the house with the woven bricks, different sized windows and the plank roof. All the other elements are good too...but I agree with Brenda..they compete with the house. Cropping would solve that. It's a good piece and certainly worth spending the time on making it even better. Do you have Photoshop or some other photo editing software to play with the cropping? I took it into Photoshop and cropped off about 1/8 of size on the left and about 1/6 of size on the bottom and I really like it alot.
Also, did you quilt the background..I can't tell.
I'm so glad you're here for the second year, Tobi...it's great fun!
Cynthia
Hi Tobi - What a lot of work you did to get your bricks woven and your house built. I really like the path to the front door and the way you have bordered it with sepia toned flower beds. I like the interesting point of view - what Brenda called the bird's eye perspective. It adds interest to the work.
Roberta
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