A close up of the pretty gold craft leaves Betty the Wood Fairy sent me from the UK
Betty took some pictures of leaves while on her walk and inspired me to do the same. Go look at her silk painting of leaves here. (She goods such a good job of painting on silk fabric and her music in the background will make you feel you are in the woods taking a walk with her.)
The marigolds, mums and daisy are blooming in the greenhouse even after several nights when the outside temperature was well below freezing.
Using the pretty leaves both from nature and from the hands of a craftsman, as well as mums and marigolds, I tried to mimic the colors in silk. This is the beginning of a silk painting using those colors and shapes ...
and with more flowers and definition:
Jaquard silk paints on 8 mm silk, finished size 8"x10"The colors turned out a bit garish, but it is all a learning experiment. Usually I paint on a heavier silk with nubs, and the colors do not look as they are straight from the bottle. And on this piece I did not mix colors or water them down. All a learning curve ... but I think this might perk up an entryway
