Sketch Book....more Designs on Spines

Here are a few more designs

that start with a spine:

Left Page....Basic Spine Shape

Right Page....Leaf shapes added to Spine

This is the same design as above but enhanced a bit:

Left Page.....Basic Spine Shape

Right Page...Leaf Veins and curly tendrils have been added

 One more design from a spine:

Left Page....Basic Spine shape

Right Page.....Leaves, plumes & curls have been added to spine

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LuAnn Kessi

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Sketch Book.....Stem & Spine Designs

When drawing out a design I usually begin with a

Stem or a Spine

On the left page is a curvy stem

On the right page I have added leaves to the stem

This design is basically the same as the one above.

The stem isn't as curvy, the leaves are larger.

You don't have to add leaves to the stem.

You can add anything you want that will fill the space.

I added curls to this stem/spine:

This design resembles a feathery shape.

Instead of a stem, this would be called a spine.

Left Page....Spine

Right Page.....Curls added to each side of spine.

I start from the bottom of the spine and work my way up.

I add curls to both sides of the spine as I go up.

Left Page.....Spine

Right Page.....Long leaves and Curls

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Patsy Thompson Designs.

Her instructional videos are the very BEST!

Spider Dahlia

Green Bug.....has taken up residence in spider dahlia

 I went to visit Gramma B today...

I wasn't her only visitor...

This mama raccoon and her babies wandered into the yard...

I was able to take a few photos through the window...

Enjoy your day!

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LuAnn Kessi

Inspiration...

I walked around the yard today,

this is what I saw...

Enjoy the Inspiration!

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LuAnn Kessi

Green Quilt Designs.....Sketch Book

Long before I ever cut a piece of fabric for this

Green Squares Quilt...

Green Squares Quilt

I started drawing out possible quilting designs:

The main goal in the quilting phase is...

Keep this quilt masculine...

My favorite guy has been sleeping under girly, flowery quilts

for too many years...

This Green Quilt is made special for him...

These are a few designs I have in the sketch book

so far...

 I captured the image of this daylily shortly

after the sun came up this morning...

Please feel free to use these images in your personal art work

Always glad to share the beauty

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LuAnn Kessi

Quilting Designs.....Sketch Book

Sometimes I just doodle in my

Sketch Books of Quilting Designs...

And....sometimes I want to explore a doodle further...

On the left side of the page....I simplified the doodle

On the right side I filled in the design with plumes

Left side.....doodle

Right side.....filled in with plumes

I have sketch books all over the house and in

the Thread Shed...

Whenever an inspiration comes....I draw it out.

To organize all of the designs and ideas, the inside cover of the sketch book is like a table of contents or a glossary...

I categorize the designs,

then record the page number where I can find them in

the sketch book.

Afraid to start a sketch book because you don't know what to put on the first page?  

I hear that a lot.

Start from the back page and work your way forward...

It works!  Try it!

 This is a view of the hay field from the living room window:

There are more than hay bales in there tonight...

The elk have moved in...

Cows, Calves & Bulls

I didn't have the zoom lens on the camera,

so this is the best I could do by cropping

the image on the computer...

This means...

it is time to load up and truck the bales to winter storage.

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LuAnn Kessi