WORKSHOPS

Hi everyone
Dale is on a trip to LA, getting huge inspiration, I am at stuckathome, recovering from influenza.
We both will kick start this venture soon
I have developed a new set of workshops Design to Stitch, details on my blog
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Here is a picture of cabbages, used for some of my textile design work For Christmas I was given Photoshop Elements & I produced this Andy Warhol inspired image

I thought that it looked like CREATIVE BRAIN EDGES

Be back soon - promise - I miss the development of DRAWING
Shelagh x

Excuses excuses

Shelagh has hit the nail on the head. i have been busy but iwll be back soon. Back to leaves - but in the meantime to stretch your brains - wot sort of leaves haveyou got in yoru gardens? i have loads of eucalytpus for starters - we think they are all the same but there are so many different shapes and sizes when you look carefully.

Check us out later this week.

BUSY

Hi
I have been continuing working with the leaf theme over on my blog:  http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/

Please visit there and Dales blog:  http://downunderdale.blogspot.com/

Until we have time to start stretching our collective brains again!!

Thanks
Shelagh

LEAF PHOTOGRAPHY

As a lack of drawing seems to be coming from both of us I thought I would post a couple of my photographs
This one is a good colour combination, deep rusty maroon & lime green.  Try it with your crayons.  Use a lot of maroon and a little green.
In fabric try maroon fabric, green stitching & cream beads.  Maroon & lime - complementary colours!!

This Bamboo uses many tints & shades of green.  Look at the many grades.  Pale to very dark
Very interesting lines within the elongated shapes
I love the spotty nearly dead ones


Hopefully we will begin again soon x

A LITTLE LEAF PLAYING

Dale is now enroute back to Australia, so I thought I would welcome her back with 5 minutes of computer designing

This is a pen drawing of my leaf, then it has been combined with background images of original pieces of my art work,  This would make a good print out onto fabric or Khadi paper and stitched
Hmmm a nine repeat would work well....

Another 5 minutes produced this pattern.  Have a go at scanning and combining your art work and a line drawing.  If I get time then I will stitch it - but cant promise as there are lots of designs in the pile at the moment, been having a few eye and headache problems grrrr.

MIND MELD

Here we are together for the first time, the meeting of the creative brains!!!!!???

Full story over on my blog

I picked up this leaf locally on Monday, look how beautiful it is.  I may have to draw it with my new Coloursoft pencils recommended by Frances Pickering (google)
We will contine with the leaf theme when Dale returns from Provence, so get out your drawing books and  media and join in with us x

MEETING

Piccies coming Dale & Shelagh at Alexander Palace, fab day