Not Afraid of Color: watching paint dry plus watching fabric art growing

Saturday, May 9, 2026

watching paint dry plus watching fabric art growing

My creative time was split this week between paint/drawing and fabric work

tools of the trade sit out by the computer all the time

Making Zen workshop online was fun, 8 lessons a day in slow making, and I watched most lessons but really about 4 of them. As for sewing, the color of the month is orange so I used orange in paints too

this was just from youtube... a lesson using water color. Draw with a paint loaded brush around a circle, then use that to stamp all over your paper.

Paint where the circles overlap (many colors of ink for me) then doodle over the small sections

I love it

One of the mixed media lessons had us paint then stitch over that...mine came out like a tidal scene to me... using zig metallic silver and gold markers first

then pan inks and finally brown embroidery threads thru the paper remind me of bird feet in wet sand

I hope to try this technique again on heavier paper

I start each lesson by drawing the instructor's pace and painting it

I love capturing the unique faces it's a lesson in observation.

a face made with collage plus pencil, ink, paint

sometimes I paint on watercolor paper and tape into the sketchbook, other times right onto sketchbook

this time I painted from life instead of following the lesson

For Rainbow scrap challenge's color of the month, orange, I tested different paint and ink colors

using up leftover gouache right onto the paper plus instructor's image

one of the Zen stitch instructors had us using smallest scraps to make very tiny vignettes...

I haven't stitched yet, but also will add buttons/lace/beads sequins and then....

small scraps sewn into segments to be connected with scrappy strips...

each little scrap work together to make a fascinating vignette

I see art in my daily walks, built by nature, and that said, my snoopervisor who is VERY helpful would like me to put on my walking shoes and let's go!