Nuno Felted Paper Fabric Lamination Sample

Posted on July 10, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

I’m sure that I don’t need to start another hand stitching project right now as I still have several in the works but…

This piece is a portion of a sample that I made for my Nuno Felting with Paper Fabric Lamination online class. It was originally 4 times this long but I cut it up into 4 pieces. I am going to try 4 different techniques, one for each piece.

This one is going to have mainly green yarns couched down. Looking at it on the screen, I can definitely see that it needs some darker values in there for more contrast. I really love the texture but then the question is always how to finish it. So instead of being too afraid to move forward with the bigger piece, I will try different ideas on the smaller pieces. I can just think of them as samples and not be intimidated to finish them as I might have been with the larger piece. You can enlarge the photos to see more of the textural detail.

Lupines Update

Posted on July 3, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

I haven’t had a lot of stitching time and most of it I spent “unstitching” recently.

This is a close up of the last time I showed you the lupines. I had used a lot of very pale lavender french knots. They were just too stark a contrast and there were too many light ones.

So I cut a bunch of them off. I also added some darker violet french knots and have more to go.

Here’s a closer view. There may be still too many light ones but once I get the darker ones on, I think it will be better. Too many highlights just didn’t look right. Hope you all have a Happy 4th of July if you celebrate that holiday. If not, have a great weekend!

Adding to the Rock Studies

Posted on June 26, 2015 by ruthlane under sketch book

I thought you might like to see the changes I made in the rock studies I showed you last week. I added colored pencil to both. The photo on the left is before and on the right is after.

And here’s a close up.

And then this one is based on the river rocks you see here in Montana.

And a closer look.

I think the orange one is finished. But I think I might add some more “leafiness” to the green areas so that it is an overhead view looking down into a stream.

Experimenting with a New Painting Technique

Posted on June 19, 2015 by ruthlane under sketch book

I found a new technique to try for painting. I have used plastic draped over paint many times before to get a variety of ridges left in the paint. But I never thought to try this technique before. First you cut your plastic into shapes like rocks. I used a 2 mil painters plastic. Then you paint the page with really wet paint. Then place the plastic rock shapes into the wet paint. Let it dry. And this is the result.

These pages were painted first so I was adding a second layer of color. The one above was painted blue and green and I added black paint on top.

This page was a mix of colors but it was fairly light. I added red on top. The darker areas in the background have had further color added with colored pencil. I may add some more colored pencil. And I plan on adding some more details to the blue and green one as well. I had a lot of fun playing with color.

Stitching Wild Flowers

Posted on June 12, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

I wrote a post about creating this piece over on the Felting and Fiber Studio. I have started adding a little hand stitching.

I have a lot more stitching to go.

I plan on adding French knots to all the lupines and then perhaps add more leaf detail and detail to the Indian Paintbrush.

I’m not being really careful with the French knots as I don’t want them to be all the same shape and size. I am using Perle cotton that I hand dyed. It’s a variegated purple thread and was perfect for this project.

What have you been working on? Thanks for stopping by!

Ruth Lane Art

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