The End Is In Sight!
The two main sections were completed and joined together; the only change I needed was to refine the dark background in the middle which had an awkward shape after I changed the background between the cattail leaves.
I’ve literally looked at thousands of batiks on line for the perfect sky fabric to complete the top. I know which one I want but it is apparently no longer available. I purchased two possibles in Topeka, this one is too light, the other too dark.
It needs the extra length to balance the dimensions, but perhaps I need to shift my focus and add it to the bottom instead of the top. What do you think?
I do believe this is the way to go, however this fabric is not in the main piece and I don’t have enough of any of the ones that I did use to accomplish this border. I guess I will have to go shopping again, because I like how the dark bottom border grounds the composition and the sky is actually better smaller.
Tags: design, Fabric, Heron, work in progress
June 17th, 2015 at 11:36 am
Hmmmmm! I like the addition of the dark on the bottom…seems to visually complete your quilt…however, then the heron seems to be almost in the middle of the composition…in somewhat of an ordinary position! Hmmmmm….what would I do? Leave it on the design wall another day; see if the sky fabric was available somewhere, so to test it on the wall for a day or two; add a little bit to the sky but definitely add the dark on the bottom, which seems to complete the composition beautifully! I look forward to your solution in a day or so!
June 17th, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Heron is really beautiful, but I have to say that I like it with more at the top.
June 17th, 2015 at 10:09 pm
Personally I love the smaller sky and the heavy dark ground. It puts the Heron’s eye in the “rule of thirds” right where it should be. Thanks for sharing your thought process, so helpful to see how another artist thinks.
June 21st, 2015 at 10:54 am
Your heron needs to have something in its beak, like a gopher,
to remind people of the dinosaur-bird connection. Rule of the jungle!