Design and Composition

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

Approachable Art — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:57:53 GMT

Woot, Ms. Lyric, I am thrilled that you're here- your work is VERY inspiring to me! :D

I, too, am so excited to have this space to relax in, find answers and inspiration in, and reach out (finally after years of working alone) to so many other talented people. Thanks, QA!

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

CatherineS@2 — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:47:18 GMT

I just joined the forum. When will the discussion on design begin?

Catherine

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

Jody Johnson — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:41:22 GMT

Can't wait to start the discussions on design. I hope maybe there are some tutorials or challenges to help put the theory into practice and enhance our understanding.

Love your stuff and really enjoyed the series you had on design in the magazine.

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

Sandy Snowden — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:52:51 GMT

I use varigated ones from Thread Studio alot. They work very well to retain the design without taking over.

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

Vivien Zepf — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:12:43 GMT

Very cool about the book, Lyric! I'm also looking forward to this forum. Should be fun.

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

VictoriaD@7 — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:04:50 GMT

Threads. What threads do you use in your machine?

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

reginabdunn — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:34:47 GMT

I've never been able to take an art class and I'm absorbing all I can about design. I've read several excellent books about it and they have really moved me forward. In spite of my lack of experience, I joined an art group and the other artists have been guiding me and that has given me confidence to express my art without fear of criticism or fear of failure. I was thrilled when Quilting Arts included a series about design and have loved the recent articles on art history. Lately I've been working on landscape pieces that are Klimt-influenced so I was especially interested in the latest one on Symbolists' art.

Re: Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

Pokey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:00:07 GMT

Lyric,

I was hoping you'd jump all over this! ;-)

Everyone, Lyric knows tons about art and design for quilters...and is authoring a book on this very thing, available in the fall from Interweave. Can't wait!

Good Design - the basis for all good ART!

Lyric Kinard — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:40:18 GMT

Whoopie!!!

I can't wait to see you all, meet you all, and have great discussions about the things that will help us all lift each other to the next level of fine art.

Thank you QA for giving us a place to grow!