Heather from Community Thrive contacted me to ask whether I would be interested in an art share tutorial on the theme of peace and layers. I made a video of me painting this little watercolour this morning but unfortunately I am having trouble loading it up to my pc..so thought I would share some photos instead while I try and work out how to load my video! Its Mothers Day this Sunday in the UK and I wanted to make my mum a lavender bag, bake her a cake and of course buy her flowers.
First, I painted some cotton with white paint..I use household paint tester pots but you can use gesso, white acrylic etc..its to form a barrier to stop the watercolour seeping into the fabric. I dont tend to use expensive watercolours and like to add lots of white pen and add detail with black fine markers.
Once I had finished the watercolour I added floral material to the back and some hessian (burlap) and sewed it on to some cotton. I then sewed up 3 sides, stuffed it with wadding and added some lavender. On the front I added buttons, flowers and ribbon…so lots of layers and a peace n cake!!
Finally, worked out how to upload a video so here it is
It was a beautiful Spring day today so instead of tea I had some lemon juice from my favourite “holy grail” chalice as my sons call it..which I picked up at a church fair.
Here are the other artists taking part in the art share..be sure to check out their art too tomorrow
Louise Kirby of River-Girl-Art http://river-girls-art.blogspot.com/2015/03/peace-blog-hop-community-thrive.html
Renee Stien of The Tin Goat http://thetingoat.blogspot.com/2015/03/community-thrive.html
Regina Berwein of Sisters Art Lab http://heartfeltdownunder.blogspot.com/2015/03/blog-hop.html
Gabriele Langfeldt-Feldmann of Art-A-Tag https://artatag.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/monikka-the-black-swan/
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I am thrilled you shared this with us. The bag looks lovely, and you draw and paint so WELL. I like your tip on the paint. Any time I can save money, I’m willing to do so. I bet your mother is going to love her gift. Mother’s Day is a lot earlier in the UK than in the US, and it’s good to know about it. The extra embellishments you added were the perfect touch, too.
Your lunch looks lovely and healthy, and I adore that chalice. It looks like something Indiana Jones would have picked (grin). Thanks for sharing it, and for joining with your beautiful Mother’s Day gift for T this Tuesday.
a brilliant tutorial! love that you painted on the fabric…great idea, and it turned out beautifully!
I’m a day late to tea. I am always interested in the “how to” so enjoyed the tutorial you posted.
Darla
What a wonderful cup! That meal set that way in that space looks like a real treat 🙂
Lovely project with a great video Lorraine ! Love your chalice too !!
amazing bag and I enjoyed your video so much Lorraine -great to see you work and hear fab opera arias and your symphatic voice!
Hope you will show us more in future!
What a lovely “piece of cake” you’ve shared with us dear Lorraine!
Thank you…so much to enjoy in your post with the lovely pressies for your Mom.
oxo
Hi Lorraine, I like your art project very much, I also wanted to tell you, that you use the wrong links for the blog hop. Mine is https://artatag.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/monikka-the-black-swan/
Hugs
Gabriele
I’m sure your Mom will love that beautiful lavender bag!
Wonderful and unique way of taking on the art challenge! Great outcome! Love it!
What a lovely gift for your mom! Thank you for the video tutorial. Painting on fabric like that looks really fun, so I’ll have to give that a try 🙂
What a gorgeous bag and so fun to watch you create it, thank you for sharing your process. Your mother will LOVE it!
ok, all links fixed now, thanks for your visit
The lavendar bag turned out so lovely! Thank you for sharing your process with us.
I enjoyed watching your video. You have a lovely voice. What a good way to prepare your cloth for painting with watercolour, I am going to try that.
I wondered what watercolour paints you were using, it looks like a very nice set.
Thankyou..well I suppose with my Liverpool accent it is a nice change as most mixed media artists who do videos are americans x
so very lovely!! thank you so much!
Your Mom is sure to love the bag! Such a lovely piece and great tutorial! Love the Grail chalice as well! heehee