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Post by lyn on Apr 25, 2012 17:24:24 GMT
Thank you for your lovely comments!
And thank you for setting the challenge Ann - without it I wouldn't have thought along the same lines and I wouldn't have done the seagull.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 28, 2012 0:42:27 GMT
So this is my challenge and I have not got done what I wanted done. I had two I wanted to do but only got the simplest one done. I just waited to long to get started and then got busy. Here is the finished piece. I posted about it on the blog too. finished challenge. by Shepherdessann, on Flickr
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Post by lyn on Jun 28, 2012 8:14:21 GMT
I like simple pieces and I was interested to read your blog post about your process. The roving works really well in a line-drawing technique for pictures! Using only what you have to hand (you said you only had red roving) forces you to do things you wouldn't do if you had choice and that often ends with a pleasantly surprising result.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 28, 2012 11:12:22 GMT
Thanks Lyn. I think black would have been nicer but the red worked. I bought the red to use in spinning demos. I can atatch a shot length to a drop spindle and have someone spin it without having to draft the wool. People are always thrilled to have a peice of yarn they spun themselves.
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Post by MTRuth on Jun 28, 2012 16:32:38 GMT
I think abstraction really needs to be more simple. That's part of abstracting something, isn't it? I like your piece Ann. I'll post about mine soon.
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Post by koffipot on Jun 29, 2012 16:52:55 GMT
On the rocks - abstract seacape. www.flickr.com/photos/koffipot/7467499704/I like the colours here, but not much else. I may chop it up, mount it and add embellishment of some sort. There again, I may just chop it up!
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Post by lyn on Jun 29, 2012 17:07:05 GMT
I agree - I like the colours very much. You can almost hear the sea crashing against the rocks and the stormy sky above is perfect.
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Post by koffipot on Jun 29, 2012 18:10:06 GMT
Thanks Lyn, I've just rolled it up into a long cone shape (lighthouse?) and am considering making it into a vase.
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Post by MTRuth on Jun 29, 2012 21:39:41 GMT
I like it Judith. The vase idea sounds interesting. Here's mine:
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Post by lyn on Jun 29, 2012 23:27:26 GMT
It's a lovely stitched sketch Ruth, and the shading you added makes it 'atmospheric'.
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Post by lyn on Jun 29, 2012 23:28:25 GMT
Judith - it would make a lovely vase!
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Post by MTRuth on Jun 30, 2012 0:07:43 GMT
Thanks Lyn - it doesn't seem too abstract but I like it.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 30, 2012 1:10:53 GMT
I like your seascape judith. it does give you the feelling of a stormy sea and that is one way to do an abstract. Ruth your trees are great. although it hasn't been taken completely away from the real thing it doesn't look like a photograph. I think it qualifies.
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Post by koffipot on Jun 30, 2012 7:27:36 GMT
I may still chop it and mount it to abstract it further. Last night I tried cropping and placing bits of the photo, but I'm not very good with Photoshop and went to bed cross-eyed. I may just do a couple of prints and play with those instead. It's been a good challenge Ann. Got us all thinking out of the box.
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Post by zed on Jun 30, 2012 8:31:37 GMT
I love it, Judith If you want to use photoshop to try seeing how something would look cropped, try adding a cream or buff border around the selected area, rather than just cropping it, it seems to help.
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