Another Finish

Wow...I've been moving right along working on the Joggles class assignments. Just finished the dogs yesterday. Haven't yet finished the Tree of Life...still have to do some stitching at the bottom to look like grass. I wonder how we are supposed to finish off these little wool felt pieces. The first one, Onions and Gourds, I put on a hand dye, so just did a pillow turn, but these little pieces of felt are different...will have to ask Jane when she resurfaces after the fires in CA.

1 Nov 2007
A couple of people have asked how I did this piece, so here goes.

I took a picture of Charlie and one of Daisy, then got it to the size I wanted, then printed them out.
Then I outlined the picture using a felt tip pen in black...not all the details, just what I figured would be needed.
Then I put the picture on my light box with the canvas on top. Traced the picture onto the canvas.
Now for the really fun part. I used acrylic paints...mixed and blended them. Using a foam brush and broad strokes, applied my first color, not covering the whole piece. Leave some white space.
Then I went back over it using other colors and a paint brush to blend. That's about it!!
I made a quiltlet large enough to hold both the paintings...haven't quilted the background yet, but will.
Hope this helps.