A Little Art Quilting Perspective + A Giveaway

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ann wilson2 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:07:30 GMT

I have never had formal art training but am fasinated with art quilts. I have tried my hand at a few and will continue on my journey . i love cystal creek and cornered reminds me of what I wanted to do with a picture of my mothers rocker and her afghans.

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stitching — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:46:41 GMT

I use paint to create depth and what appeals to me. I experiment a lot.

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Penelope14 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:39:15 GMT

I use value going from light to dark and also shadow play with coloured pencils.

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DebiK@3 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:06:21 GMT

shading & highlighting are my favorite using inktense color pencils

debi

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Riverlovr — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:18:02 GMT

Adding to Quilteagle's comment on the rule of thirds: whether your landscape is a horizontal or vertical orientation, visually divide your layout into thirds, and place the horizon line around the 1/3 or 2/3 line. (That's always more pleasing to the eye than a centered horizon line.) Also, work on a design wall rather than on a flat surface like a table. An inexpensive door "peep hole" from the hardware store works well to assess your progress -- view your piece on a design wall while looking through the "peep hole." Anything that looks odd or stands out will be easily visible.

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W J — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:40:45 GMT

particularly love the crystal creek piece. I spend a lot of time in the mountains and have noticed that to create perspective in landscapes I need to make the distance much lighter, greyer, smaller and so much less detailed. Means no thread painting for distance, only foreground (needs discipline to stop!) Also found that changing the value of the sky from light at bottom to darker higher up helps the sense of distance.

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cindyrquilts — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:20:52 GMT

I use a lot of tulle to make the background, faraway places seem a bit blurry and out of focus . Then the real focus can be on the foreground. It's like a photograph where the focus is on the foreground and the background has a dreamy effect.

I use tulle for shadows and depth as well.

Cindy Richard

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CypressJoan — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:00:51 GMT

Always color - dull, light for the distant .... bright and detailed for the closest ...

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Josie@14 — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:12:17 GMT

I use paints and fabric markers to add depth and dimension to my work. Josie Davis

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BetsyJB — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:14:11 GMT

These are 2 beautiful examples of depth and perspective. Size and value are important. Larger objects as well as darker values should be in the foreground. While smaller objects and lighter values should be in the background.

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CieMT — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:48:18 GMT

CieQuilts, I love both of your quilts, I use very, very thin suede or leather to give a different twist to my depth, just once pcs or two,

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Tess Fowler — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:35:38 GMT

I am very new to quilting (just easy rag quilts so far!), but have some experience doing photo touch ups with Photoshop. For shading techniques, imagining/using at least a couple sources of light within a picture (ex: instead of just the sun as a source and using a simple darker shade of the same color ad a shadow, use tints to take advantage of reflections as well to give complementary colors such as water's blues/purples shadows vs the sun's yellow/orange highlights, or reds/yellows highlights from firelight or sunsets vs greens/purples shadows from the background scenary).

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kitties — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:43:45 GMT

I use sheer fabric layered to create depth, I have also used a used dryer sheet, ironed and placed where I can put it to the best use, so far, I'm doing a good number of clouds. I love the used dryer sheets, when I print something on them with my run-of-mill printer, the subject looks vintage and almost etheral. It's wonderful. Try it. Works wonderfully when doing flowers.

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kitties — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:43:38 GMT

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DeniseBL — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:31:05 GMT

I always try to choose fabrics with a range of values (lights, medium and dark), also viewing the design from a distance helps as well.