Last week in the studio, I had created a background for a piece of work.  Needless to say it didn’t all turn out as I had hoped. So I started adding layers of tissue paper and gesso to the ground fabric of felt and painted bondaweb, then things went even more pear-shaped and in my [...]

I have planned three pieces of work to plop into those frames (I will get the goddesses framed).  This was the starting point for the first piece.

Nice I was happy with it.  Then over the past few evenings I have taken it up to the house and done an hour or so of hand stitching [...]

Well - I feel that I have spent enough time on this piece - not one of my better ones, now to decide:-
1) Plop in ready made frame
2) Have it framed.
Decisions, decisions!

Your comments are invited and welcome.
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All artists need a friend who they can turn to for a critique of their work.  A friend who will say more than “Oh that’s lovely”.
When I lived down south - my Artist’s friend was Linda - but now we live 100’s of miles apart.  Although we still communicate about our work - it is [...]

Sometimes it is difficult to know when a piece is finished.  Often when I think a piece is done - I put it out of sight for a while, then I can come back to it with fresh eyes and I will see any glaring omissions or imbalances.
As a working artist - I have to [...]