Done but I'm not happy with the end product. I using piping to create the foreground corn rows and then just strips on the farther hill. There is a grayed hill on the right that I tried scrunching with warm Misty Fuse. I've done this effectively before but I didn't do well with it this time. I also didn't get the background strips at an angle like I'd wanted. I feel they're too vertical. I also added some stitching to attempt to show some dried clumps of grass peeking through the snow. All of this bleakness is what it's looked like here since Thanksgiving! It does have an uneven bottom since I decided it added to the effect of the corn rows. I haven't put a binding on it yet since I'm trying to decide whether or not to just just zigzag around a few times or to put on a narrow light grey border. It measures 10 1/2" x 15 1/2".
Jan, I like your winter corn rows. This makes me want to shiver it looks so cold and bleak. You captured the feeling beautifully.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think it matters that not everything worked as you imagined. These are playing pieces, after all. I like the curved lower edge and the detail of the grasses. It works fine, but you could always add more threadwork, like darker grass, and maybe a gnarled small tree, if you wanted to work on it some more. The bleak atmosphere is captured well. I hope spring comes to your part of the world soon! We are heading for fall.
Jan
ReplyDeleteI love your sky. It is definately a winter sky. It is lovely but icy. The corn rows are very descriptive. I agree it is cold and icy.
Pat Havey
Although here in our heavily agricultural area we would rarely see a tree of any sort close to cropland I like that idea of the gnarled old tree and may see what I can come up with along that line. Thanks for the suggestion.
ReplyDeleteJan - This is a play piece, so don't be discouraged. I think that you have captured the bleakness of winter well. Also think that you could overcome what you perceive as problems with mountains to the right with the application of some paintstick or if you are not keen on applying paint, some rows of handstitching could add to the definition. Also would say that I am not bothered by the almost vertical rows in the background. I think you have been more successful than you think.
ReplyDeleteBetty Warner
Hi Jan....you have an artistic license to do whatever your artist's eye tells you. Regardless of what you actually see....so I hope you go for your gnarled old tree idea...it will add the needed focal point and also give it more perspective.
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I like your rows. I think the green at the bottom would be nice in a brown - more fitting for the snow.
ReplyDeleteJan...good job..now it looks like a composition!
ReplyDeleteThe trees really add perspective and lead your eye from the right side into the centre. They have just the right amount of detail without being fussy. This is now a winner.
ReplyDeleteI love the addition of the tree, A great focal point to an interesting piece!
ReplyDeleteNice piece. I especially like your sky, the trees, and the curved bottom.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the sky I'm looking at through my window right now.
(An Alabama sky).
Betty
Jan, your additions to the original piece really add depth and interest! I like the flow of this piece, nice job!
ReplyDeleteI do like the addition of the trees. They help give the piece some dimension and perspective.
ReplyDeleteDid you also darken the outline across the top of the mountain? The dimension created with the pale trees in the back is remarkable...I almost feel as if I can see over the curve of the field to the other side. Nice!
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No, I didn't darken it at all. I think I took the photos with two different cameras, one cheaper and the other a better quality. Guess I'll know which camera to use from now on!
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