How would you fix it? Can you guess what it needs? I'll show you my solution tomorrow for the first 2012 episode of How to Tuesdays. Each Tuesday in 2012, I'd like to give you free tutorials on creating fused art quilts and other practical but useless advice. You've been warned!
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I'll take the first crack at it. No focal point??
birds in the sky and fish in whe water!
I am with Sequana -it needs a focal point - something with a heartbeat as my old art teacher used to say.
Does it need a critter of some sort... say birds?
It's definitely lacking...life! It needs something moving (bird(s)? butterflies? snake-in-the-grass?) to give it personality. And yes, some hand stitch in a 'pop' of colour. :-)
It needs either a crane in the air or big puppy dog face peering out, eyes wide and ears alert showing and the rest concealed by the landscape.
It needs a tree growing out of the foreground by the rocks with branches reaching up into the sky.
I agree it needs a focal point and some more movement. This is just a scene waiting to come to life.
I think it needs some value changes. I would also agree about a focal point but the stitching always adds a lot of interest.
I love that background. I am in the mood to grab some scraps and try a background, not sure if I will fuse or just sew on and do crazy quilting, so will see.
Debbie
Olhando de frente para este trabalho, que é lindo, falta equilíbrio do lado direito. O lado esquerdo está grande e tem elementos no chão. O lado direito está menor e não tem elemento algum, o que dá a impressão de que o painel pesa mais de um lado do que do outro. Eu colocaria algo do lado direito.
Beijos
This is a beautiful stage backdrop! Now it needs the characters including the leading man/woman/critter.
Yep - the focal point is missing. It could be that a bird - perhaps an egret - is looking with great delight at a frog or a fish that might just be the perfect lunch!! Better not make the frog or the fish too cute or people may get upset that the little darling could be gobbled up. I'm just saying....
Yes, like most I agree it needs some life. I'm sure you have a good plan.
I am already learning from you. Today I watched the first of two shows you did with Nancy Z. What was fun was that I was already working on a fused art piece so I was really listening to what you had to say. First lesson: fuse the fabric first. Did that. Second lesson: take the paper off before you cut the individual pieces. Didn't do it but will from now on. ;-)
Hi Laura,
How about some tracks in the ?snow and moon and stars in the sky...empty space needs a little something.
The foreground looks like it could be a lake. Maybe decrease the size of it. and if it's a hill, give it a few trees.
Is it because the values are the same?No differentiation between background and foreground?The stones are a focal point, but they are the same shape as the other things in the background.No linking the picture- the eye doesn't know where to go.Seems like the green leads the eye to middle of pic, but then jumps about?
Gosh I'm not a quilter, so I don't really know.
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