I just can't get the look I want with this dragon. So far three attempts have ended up in the bin. I've tried it with various backgrounds and ended up with the one I tried first off. The problem is I'm trying to show that I can only get a glimpse of this dragon's personality. It seems to be all in it's tail. I have used shear fabrics to try and show that the image keeps fading on me. ( I took the photo image and printed it onto this fabric.) The only clear thing about it is the curves of it's body, that I have tried to show with the quilting and that reptilian tail.
I have dyed the tail fabric and then highlighted the details with coloured pencils. I don't know why it is green somehow or other I just couldn't see any other colour. If I had more time I think I would have used sequins on that tail as the scales. But at this point I'm over it. I feel it is only the tail that escaped out of the stone where that dragon is trapped.
It is very difficult to suggest something that is absent or hard to see. I think you've done a good job of showing that the idea is there, but refusing to come into focus!
Posted by: Rachel | 08/14/2010 at 12:05 AM
Thanks Rachel
Posted by: Carolyn Foley | 08/14/2010 at 12:33 AM
I like the addition of the photos on fabric.
Posted by: Wendy in Kennewick | 08/15/2010 at 01:20 PM
Thanks Wendy. Im not pleased with this one. I think having to fit it in 6 had a lot to do with it.
Posted by: Carolyn Foley | 08/15/2010 at 02:01 PM