These are the squares that will represent the "ground" in the landscape I'm working on. I have rearranged them, added some, subtracted others, and hand-colored a few. It's time to stitch them all together while I'm feeling grounded and before I start second-guessing myself (although I might just move one or two of them around again.) As a unit, I think they're looking earthy and unified. They'll tone down a little more after quilting. The photo doesn't quite do it justice, but sometimes my smart phone is just too smart for its own good and registers highlights that the human eye doesn't see.
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Here's an early version and the final one side by side so you can see where I started and where I'm headed... do they look different to you? Some people might tune in to details that have changed, others might see the big picture and tell me I could have stopped rearranging them ages ago!
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| Early Version |
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I'm probably too literal - I expect more brown than any other color ...
ReplyDeleteThe blue of 4 across and 5 down keeps jumping out at me. I think it should be more brownish. The final version looks great. Although I do like the early version -- but not for soil!
ReplyDeleteWell, the quilting will tone it down and unify it a bit more, and I may add some hand-coloring to mute those blue-green areas if they continue to be distracting after it's stitched. I've had a lot of trouble taking photos of this that represent what the eye actually sees, so it looks way more brown in person.
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