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Natural Bridges - Continued some more!

2/21/2014

So, here's the Natural Bridges quilt ready to be quilted. I added seagulls out over the sea, more on the rock, along with a lone pelican, added more waves under the arch, a flower to the little girl's hair, and make sure it was all laying as flat as possible.

Since Natural Bridges is well known as a hangout for butterflies, I put a flight of them on the back. Yes, I know; these aren't Monarchs, but beggars can't be choosers, eh?

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Natural Bridges-Continued!

2/15/2014

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So, I began by puff painting the Arch. I painted it with white puff paint, then let that dry, puffed it up, and painted it with Setacolor transparent paint.

separately, I painted the sky, then water for waves in the distance, land in the distance, and reflections in the close-up water.

Then I puff painted fabric to make sand, dribbled sand and glitter in it, waited until it dried, puffed it up, and painted it. The white place is where the little girl goes - no sense in putting puff paint under her!

Just so I would know where to put the sheer fabrics, and to give them a whie background, I painted on the waves with Titanium White paint and a little perle.

Here, i've added sheer fabrics heated with theat gun and cut with a woodburning tool to give the wave dimension, and also used puff paint and metallic white paint to add the seafoam floating on the water in front of the wave. While it was still wet, I added tiny micropearls to the paint, for bubbles.

Here, I've added shading onder the rock arch, painted, heated lutradur to the tops of the foaming wae, and melted painted cellophane to the leading edge of the water.

I'm off to paint the little girl now. Usually, I do the hardest part (people, animals, etc.) first to be sure I can do it, but I did it backwards this time. Oh, well......

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Natural Bridges

2/15/2014

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Hi! My Waves and Waterfalls class is opening on February 21st at www.academyofquilting.com, so just thought I'd put a waterfall up, even though that one is all done, already.

What I'm really working on is a composite of three different photographs taken at the beach 3 weeks ago (Yes, it was 80 degrees at Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz, then!). There was a darling little girl playing in the sand, buried up to her waist in it.

The sky was blue, the sea was crashing up onto the rocks of the arch, and people were having a great time just hanging out.

There was even a lovely butterfly kite flying - just too great!

So, putting them all together, here's the scene I'm working on. The kite will be a bit smaller, the girl's eyes won't be so distinct, and I've changed the beach bag to a pail and shovel.

So far, I've painted the sky, Puff Painted and painted the arch, made and painted the sand, and am working on the ocean.

Hope to post pictures of them after work!

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