Morning everybody! Anyone out there going to the SAQA conference next weekend in Santa Fe? I'm looking forward to it (yay), should be great.
I'm working on the arrangement of the trees in my orchard quilt and could use some input. I have a total of seven trees, three were painted and cut out, three were thread painted on dissolvable stabilizer, and one was assembled out of fabric. I'm not sold on using all of them necessarily, but I like the different textures the different types of trees bring (hard to see in these pictures). So far they're all just set out on the background, but once I settle on an arrangement I'll quilt them down and add a bunch more small branches. Take a look and tell me which placement you like best or if you have suggestions for other arrangements. One of the challenges has been that in my original picture not all the trees are the same size; that is, there were baby trees and large trees. But whenever I put the baby tree next to the large tree, it just looks like I've got the perspective wrong (i.e. that it's a farther away tree in the wrong spot) rather than like a baby tree.
Number 1
Number 2
Number 3-4 (the same except with the baby tree added to the far right on #4)
Number 5
Number 6, 7, 8 (these are all similar except for the placement of the baby tree).
Any thoughts readers?
I love no. 7 it give the feeling of the perspective and also baby trees
ReplyDeleteI like number 4, 6 and 8...
ReplyDeleteI like number 2.....this isn't helping you much is it. No numbers match yet. :)
ReplyDeleteI like number 2 best. Having the baby tree close to the big tree makes it look like a baby tree and not just a far away tree. (All of them look really good though so there's really no wrong choice.)
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I love what you have going on here with so many design elements! I like Option 1.
ReplyDeleteLove the gradient sky, beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteNumber 1 looks like the most natural random placing...I mean like nature did it.
ReplyDeletenumber 1 for me just cuz:)
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time visiting (through Fabric Tuesday) and I really am amazed by this project you are working on. As for which arrangement - I like number 4. When I saw that set it instantly reminded me of winter scenes in Michigan where I grew up. Something about the two trees next together sparked my memory of exactly two trees together in the middle of fields in the Michigan country. Anyway - that's my humble thoughts. Enjoyed browsing and will be checking in in the future to see what other amazing art projects you work on.
ReplyDeleteI like number 1-- it seems the most spontaneous. Your trees are all beautiful, though. I really like the geometric shapes in the sky.
ReplyDeleteI'm really leaning to number 1 as well…. I love the lowered placement of the biggest tree on the left side. It's unexpected and creates a really neat eye movement path. I think it makes you take in the whole piece instead of just a swath across the middle.
ReplyDeleteI think I like #6. It looks the most natural to me.
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