I roamed around on one of the poster sites until I came upon "The Sower" by Van Gogh. I love the contrast of the size of the tree and the sun so I made my imitation Van Gogh. My little work (approx. 7" x 9") was fun to put together. After some thread-painting and quilting I added some hints of clouds and the circle around the sun with watercolor crayons. As always, I welcome your comments.
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9 comments:
What a great interpretation of the painting. You picked great fabrics. What if you added some darker colors to the tree to make it higher contrast like the original.
Thanks Linda - That's an excellent idea. In fact I think I want to add more thread work in the foreground. What I did sort of blended away rather than adding to a feeling of depth.
Roberta
The little swirly quilting is what draws me into your quilt. The colors are wonderfully intense, but the tree blends in a bit too much with the ground. I agree with Linda that darkening the tree would add more needed contrast.
I like your interpretation of this painting and agree with the comment about darkening the tree or possibly adding some lighter highlights in the sky.
Kathy Angel Lee
You have done a lovely job interpreting this painting with excellent fabric choices that capture much of the feel of the original. I think the suggestion of stepping up the contrast of the tree is probably a good one. Really nice work! I enjoyed seeing it.
I can only add to the rest, a little darker on the tree, esp. near the top, excellent choice of fabrics and very well done.
Carole
Excellent redition of this famous painting. I agree with the other comment, the quilting in the foreground really draws the eye into the pice. Nice job
Roberta,
i like this piece immensely.
The crayon work you have added adds so much depth.
It's a truly lovely piece.
Anna.
I love the colors in your quilt.
Betty
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