Taking a line for a walk.

Experimentation is something crutial to develop the way we work and taking us out of our comfort zone.

In the last few months, I've been learning to sew. I love it! Creating something three dimensional and usable out of flat material is very exciting. I'll continue to make things.

But, the purpose of my learning was to learn free sewing and finally, this week was the moment - on a background  of watercolour, a vase of flowers sketched last week.

The freedom of free stitching is exhilarating, there is control but the line takes precedent, it just goes on on a walk, comes back to and fro and goes over the previous path.
It is something i normally do with a pen, or pencil, but in the beauty of the sewn line is that it is constant, but wobbly.  The thread was multicolour so i was not able to control the colour of line that much and it produced contrasts with the painted surface that were unexpected but enjoyable.

 I also tackled a simpler drawing over an orange satsuma drawing with repeated lines to create the shadows. It made me worry about the strength of the paper and whether it would desintegrate under the needle - new methods, new worries...

 And where will I go next?

Flowers, more flowers and some pomegranates

Lately I have been painting flowers, anywhere around me, pots or bunches is the same. Here go some African Violets, some Paphiopedium Orchids, Agapanthus with another mysterious flower I don't know the name of, and some Hydrangeas with Orange Rosebuds. Also some Pomegranates as they are in season.
They fill with colour these cloudy days ... and while I recover from this wintery cold, I share them with you.

Ultimamente me ha dado por pintar flores, cualquiera que este a mi alrededor, en ramos o tiestos.
Aqui van unas Violetas africanas, unas Orquideas Paphiopedium, Agapanthus con otra flor rara que no se el nombre y unas Hortensias con centros de rosa (naranjas). Tambien unas Granadas que es epoca.
Todas ellas llenan de color estos dias mas bien nublados....y ahora mientras me recupero de este catarrillo invernal las comparto con vosotros.