So I attacked the stash and pulled out some 6x6in patterned paper and cut 3 circles of different sizes - yes I cut them.. by hand.. with scissors.. not die cut. You might wonder what the big deal is but for me if its a circle I like it to be accurate and round so normally I would die cut it - but not this time!! This time I was liberating myself from neat and accurate - the piece would be 'better' if it things are not 'accurate'.. more organic...
I didn't have a plan - I was just going with the flow... making BIG JoFY flowers - they're my flowers so they can be any shape I choose - in the same way as if you were cutting out flowers/shapes they would be any shape you choose!
So three lovely circles, and 3 leaves later (I drew the leaves before I cut them out... I can only improvise so far! lol) I chose a board canvas to work on - 12 x 9 in - might not sound big to you but it is for me... all that white space.. but I embraced the space lol - painted it in shades of blue - Lake Wanaka, Inky pool and Blue Oyster. Then I stuck on the 3 circles, shaded around the edges, drew stems, added the leaves.. a bit more shading and voila:
At this point (without any of the white pen work you can see) I liked it but kept thinking it was missing something - needed something 'more'.. but not too much.... (JoFY-ing it up as my OH calls it)... so I got busy with the white pen....
and now I want to go even bigger!! which is good because I 'need' to make a firescreen for the new fireplace in lounge.. (40x90cm!)..... watch this space...
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There is something about the white doodles on top that seems to finish things off perfectly of late! Live your circles!!
ReplyDeleteand gold or silver doodling too! :o)
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ReplyDeleteAll your flowers are lovely, big or small neat or not love them all. Xx
ReplyDeleteI love your big flowers - but good luck if you're going to cut some by eye for your firescreen!! Can't wait to see the results! 9x12 is quite big for me too.
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