Neocolor II Portrait.......Baby Chick

2 years ago we brought a dozen new chicks home

from the local feed store...

Brad was taking them out of the little carrier

and placing the chicks into a heated brooder box.

I managed to get a photo of one of the chicks in his hands.

Again, one of those images that I knew would become

a quilted textile someday...

After some photoshop work on the image,

it is printed out 13 x 19 inches on fabric

Neocolor II Crayon Audition

These are the colors I pulled for the chick

The chick is colored in...

Now I can start on the hands

These crayons are the closest I can get

for a good flesh tone

I colored in the wrinkles on his hands...

Then shaded in the darker areas,

using all 5 crayon colors.

Auditioning crayons for the shirt...

All of the coloring is done at this point...

I can begin painting...

The chick and hands are painted so far...

Here is the image all painted and ready for quilting:

Unfortunately this image doesn't do this piece justice.

The angle of the camera and the lighting is poor.

The image before this one is a better representation of this piece.

I will post an image after it has been quilted...

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CLICK HERE to view ALL of my Neocolor II Portraits

CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Portrait Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view a Slideshow of our Chickens

CLICK HERE to view What's on the Design Wall

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Neocolor Portrait......Long Ears

It is rainy outdoors today...

Good day to stay inside and play with

Neocolor II Crayons

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I took this photo last year down at the goat barn.

This little kid goat had the longest ears.

When she finally pooped out from playing with the other kids goats,

she settled down for a nap and I was able to capture this image of her.

This is Long Ears printed out 13 x 19 inches on fabric

At this point Long Ears is all colored in with

Neocolor II Crayons

I used dark brown to highlight the wood grain lines.

Then I colored over the boards with a lighter brown.

It is time to paint over the Neocolor II

I use a tiny detail brush and also a flat wide brush

At this point only Long Ears has been painted...

Using the detail brush...

I paint over the darker wood grain lines only

Then I go in with the wider brush...

and paint over all of the barn boards

Long Ears

Ready to be basted and quilted...

I decided the wood boards behind Long Ears would be brown rather than the dried out gray color in the photo.

With this technique you can change the colors to suit the portrait.

I am on a roll.......I think I will start another portrait...

Keep you posted!

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CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Portrait Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view Photoshop Elements Tutorial

CLICK HERE to view 13 x 19 Wide Path Printer

CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Play Day

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Neocolor Portrait.......Horse Herd

After herding yearling cattle this morning,

I decided to treat myself to an afternoon of creativity...

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This week I spent time importing my photography into Photoshop Elements.

I removed the color from the photos and printed them onto fabric.

This is a photo of a horse herd I took last year...

These are wild horses waiting for adoption from the BLM

The horses are colored and painted...

Just need to add some blue sky and clouds...

This is now ready to be basted and quilted...

I am hoping to get into the Thread Shed next week and get a few portraits under the needle !

This photograph was taken by my sister.

As soon as she sent it to me, I just knew I had to quilt it...

I had some time before dinner tonight to get some color on it.

I need to invest in dark brown Neocolors...

I am not happy with the reddish hair color.

CLICK HERE to view this Quilted

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CLICK HERE to view more Neocolor II Portraits

CLICK HERE to view Neocolor II Portrait Tutorial

This will be available as a Beginners Portrait Class this summer:

June 18, 2011

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop

Philomath, Oregon

Have a great weekend!

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Drunkards Path

This is what's up on the Design Wall

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Drunkard's Path

Also known as:

Solomon's Puzzle

Old Maid's Puzzle

Rob Peter to Pay Paul

Wanderer in the Wilderness

I pulled these blocks out of the drawer

and put them up on the wall for inspiration.

I think I need a HIT of color during these

dreary days of late winter.

I will keep you posted on my progress...

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CLICK HERE to view my Drunkard's Path Baby Quilt

CLICK HERE to check out my Mixed Media Class in May 2011

CLICK HERE to view Painted Fabrics

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Screen Printing........ Frames

Today we built a few wooden frames for

Screen Printing

I am starting a new Surface Design Adventure:

These are the completed frames 10 x 14 inches

We watched a How-To-Video online...

Then got busy building frames.

The frames will need two coats of wood sealer to keep them from rotting.

They spend time under water when you clean them.

I plan to cover the frames with curtain sheers.

Kerr Grabowski's DVD suggested curtain sheers.

There are so many different ways to screen print.

I plan to try coating the screens with photo emulsion fluid and use my own photographic images.

I am also interested in trying

Kerr's Deconstructed Screen Printing technique.

This is my first attempt at Screen Printing.

I will try and take photos along the way so you can follow my progress.

Below are the resources that I am using...

CLICK HERE: How to Build a Screen Printing Frame

CLICK HERE: Screen Printing with Photo Emulsion

CLICK HERE: Deconstructed Screen Printing

CLICK HERE: Jane Dunnewold Screen Printing DVD

CLICK HERE: Kerr Grabowski Screen Printing DVD

CLICK HERE: Jane Dunnewold Art Cloth Book

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Saturday we made our way over to the

Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

As always, I never leave home without my camera:

Great Horned Owl

The light was beautiful cascading over his shoulder

Sparky

This Bald Eagle has no flight feathers.

He has become an education bird at this rehab center.

These birds are larger than life.

Their colors are amazing.

Barn Owl

How adorable is this little bird.

We eventually made our way over to the Racoons:

They were happy to see Heath

coming into their cage with a bowl of food for them...

It was also time for Heath to clean their cage:

This is Heath

He volunteers here and enjoys the animals.

Don't tell Heath...

But I think the Raccoons were laughing at him while he was cleaning house for them!

I am so inspired by the volunteer work at Chintimini and the care that is given to more than 700 animals that are treated there each year.

The animals have inspired me to create textile art from some of the images I was able to capture with my camera.

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CLICK HERE: Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

CLICK HERE: Farm Life

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn