The above image is the first shot from my i-pod, produced whilst trying to familiarize myself with the camera function - not a very auspicious beginning as far as documentation goes. Yes, the touch screen is v. sensitive... I had to laugh at myself fumbling around with one of the most user-friendly electronic devices on the planet.
My apologies for the less than stellar photos. I now know that my camera does indeed take better photos than my i-pod does.
Bad photos aside, some really wonderful flowers were made in last Saturday's workshop. Here are a few random production pics -
As you will see later, these petals made a really charming flower. I love the way Tricia distressed the silk and painted her flower in such an abstract manner.
More petals...
Though the flowers were the stars of the show, there were leaves made - some really nice ones, I might add.
As always, I throughly enjoyed how everyone produced something totally unique. Everyone started with the same fabric and the same pattern - and the results were all so completely different. So - without further ado, here are the flowers...
This rose made by Annette is gorgeous! The way she tipped the edges of her petals with a vibrant plum-y purple produced a really dramatic flower. (I wish I had gotten a better photo! I could actually say that about every flower in this post.)
Donna's rose turned out so sweet and pretty, and it really had a nice vintage feel to it. It is not completely apparent in the photo, but she did some really lovely color blending (pink & yellow) with the airbrush which produced a variety of subtle blushes - from yellow to orange to pink.
It is such a shame I didn't get a better photo of this rose made by Katie. She also did some excellent airbrush work with a very natural-looking, thoughtfully placed yellow, and then she really coaxed some dynamically graceful movement from her petals.
Suzanne took her flower in a different direction shape-wise producing such a different look and feel - which I love. It has a clean elegance to it, and the color is so rich.
This is the completed flower made from the petals mentioned above. Tricia has such a strong sense of design and her craftsmanship is impeccable - truly inspiring...
Yolanda's varied hand painting technique produced a perfectly beautiful rose. I love the way she left some of the fabric white and applied such a strong red/pink color with bold strokes - very dramatic.
Thank you, thank you to all who attended the flower & foliage workshop!
