A friend asked me to make a Valentine card for her husband; quite an easy task as I know he’s a bit of a romantic! I found a vintage song sheet, some silk furnishing fabric, ragged muslin, a snippet of painted hessian, a roll of red cotton velvet and got to work. I hope he likes the result and appreciates the sentiment ❤️
The next stage of my wallhanging is to select fabrics to appliqué on to the background. I pulled out a range of suitable colours for the castle, bushes and trees, leaving the river ‘til last as that is the (relatively) “easy” bit!!! That reminds me, I haven’t painted the background yet. Maybe tomorrow…
Much happier with this result, especially after outlining everything in black ink. With the designs side by side I can now stand back and look at them, making it much easier to decide which one I shall go with. I expect the final design will probable be a mix of the two… although I think I prefer the straight-on view.
I wasn’t too happy with the last version so I drew the trees and bushes differently and also decided to colour the sketches using Inktense Blocks. A definite improvement all round!!
Stage 2 and finishing the preliminary stage by painting with watercolours. For me that is a challenge in itself!!! It looks so different and more defined and will help me decide whether I prefer the straight on view or slightly angled at a slant.
I had a frame made for a specific place but, as the aperture is 22 x 62cm, I’ve so far had no luck in finding anything to fit in it or to even cut down to size. As I like my Windsor Castle textile miniatures I’m having a go at scaling up the design to fit the frame.