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Working on Values

I am selecting fabrics for the next Twelve by Twelve challenge which is to be revealed on Feb 12th. It is the result of one of my exercises in Elizabeth Barton’s class. One of the things we are working on right now is value. I have done several value exercises, and I do know how important it is. The above colorway in silk is one that I am considering. Here is the grayscale showing the nice value variation:

I really want to use this beautiful fabric that I bought from my friend Judy at the APWQ show in August, but I can’t work out the values.

I need another color to work with this cotton/silk blend. That blue gray is just not doing it. I tried painting some silk charmeuse, but didn’t get the color I wanted.

Here are the latest 3 X 3s

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The above is painted silk with some free motion quilting fun.

I found some Japanese fabric with reds in my stash and did an applique with some zigzag free motion quilting.

We went to see The Descendants tonight. An excellent film. I cried. Much of it was filmed on Kauai, a favorite place of ours. I think George Clooney could win an Oscar for this.

Hope you are having a great week-end.

2 Responses to “Working on Values”

  1. Judy says:

    Looks like Elizabeth is rekindling some fires in your art! 😉 You know, she lives just down the road from me but we’ve never met and I’ve never taken a class from her. I’d like to change that in 2012!
    We are hoping to see The Decendants this week. I’m interested in folks’ reactions to the film…..some laugh and some cry!

    xo

  2. Jeannie says:

    I am so in love with silk in all of its weights. The way the light bounces is the kind of bling that I like. The Japanese fabric looks great as a 3 x 3.