An Exhibit and A Reception

Since my last blog post, I've been working constantly on fabric pictures for an exhibit at the wonderful Create Artisan Studio, where I frequently take classes. I knew that I wanted to concentrate on faces, which I love to draw, and that evolved into the idea of adding little stories to them and calling the exhibit "Narrative Portraits". I then decided to focus on women, and they became "Empowered Women" - a lot to live up to!

Here are my ladies:

 

…and, finally, this is my depiction of my wonderful daughter:

The reception for the show was so heartwarming - a lovely turnout of old and new friends - more than I ever expected. Here are some photos:

And, finally, me with my supportive husband, Bill! Couldn't have done it without him!

It was so good to work so hard toward a goal and have such a satisfying result. I'm very grateful to have had this terrific opportunity!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Smiles...

   Judy

Five Faces in Five Days - # 3

"Molly"

I don't know where these faces come from, but Molly reminds me of a "nice" girl from the 60's - someone I would have gone to middle school with - and this is how she would have dressed for a school dance! No plunging necklines for kids in those days! I can't believe what kids wear to proms nowadays -

don't get me started!!

Anyway, this was done with applique, pigma pens and colored pencils!

Five Faces in Five Days - Day 2

"Giovanna"

This picture was inspired by my recent trip to Italy.

It's not any particular person I met, but I kept hearing of and meeting women

named Giovanna, and one day I scribbled this sketch in my notebook:

 

Today I modified the sketch and traced it onto white cotton fabric,  machine stitched the lines 

with dark brown thread, and colored it with pastel chalks.

The funny thing is that, as I was stitching this piece, I realized that

it resembled another picture I had done a while back, in cut paper:

This image must be stuck somewhere in my subconscious!!

Hope everyone is having a great week!!

Five Faces in Five Days- Day 1

Here's my first face of the week, and it's a familiar one!

I used as my inspiration a picture of my five year old self, with bangs cut short in the 50's style.

 I was the shyest little thing, but I gave myself a bit more assertive look

in this interpretation. I can tell it was my kindergarten school picture because I'm not wearing the plaid  Catholic school uniform I wore in every other school picture for the next twelve years!

This is a fabric applique with both machine and hand stitching, with some touches of acrylic paint.
Oh, and I gave it a prettier background than in the photo!

Hopefully tomorrow's face will be posted earlier in the day!

Five Faces in Five Days

This week I'm challenging myself with something I've done in the past:

Five Faces in Five Days!!

I'm doing this for fun, so the faces will be simple,

but done with fabric and stitching.

As you can see, I love to sketch faces in my notebook,

 and sometimes give names to the characters.

So that's what I'll be up to this week.

Let's see if I can keep it up - hope you'll join in the fun by commenting!

Have a great Father's Day everyone!!