tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post7872825856694565956..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: Critiqueing one's own workElizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-90042975300074410462020-08-25T07:59:54.517-07:002020-08-25T07:59:54.517-07:00Hello Studio TBF! thank you for commenting.
Yes on...Hello Studio TBF! thank you for commenting.<br />Yes one can learn a whole lot about how to look at something....and how NOT!...from a group discussion situation. This is used quite a lot in formal art classes, I never understood why the same thing wasn't commonplace with quilters.<br />I certainly did something like it in my weeklong workshops and i think it was very helpful. Like I said to Shasta, you do need the structure of How to look at something from a design point of view...Form, not content....and what words you can use to describe your reactions and observations.<br />Good point!!! ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-39751749489330563782020-08-25T07:57:11.202-07:002020-08-25T07:57:11.202-07:00Hi Shasta, thank you for writing...yes it's a ...Hi Shasta, thank you for writing...yes it's a shame...the toilet cleaning stage doesn't last very long at all!!!<br />Developing the vocabulary is so helpful, it gives you a structure within which to work...I learned this early on when I was learning statistics...and floundering!!!<br />That if I had a basic structure within which to organize the questions/tests/principle it would make finding the solution much easier.<br />ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-15288754496672696872020-08-24T13:10:05.020-07:002020-08-24T13:10:05.020-07:00Before Covid 19, I took an ongoing watercolor clas...Before Covid 19, I took an ongoing watercolor class. At the start of each class we hung our work, no matter where we were in the process, for critique. First we had to say what we liked about our classmates work - colors, composition etc. It was hard for some people to only point out the good things, they wanted to jump into the negatives immediately. Next we had to say Is it finished? Why or why not. Sometimes it was easy to tell that a piece wasn’t finished but hard to explain why you felt that way. Finally, which areas are good, which need work, what’s missing etc. Only after the whole class commented was the artist able to speak up. Many times the artist was focused on something that no one else even noticed.I learned soooo much from this! Both giving and receiving the critiques.Studio TBFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15546193989063778717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-43241578622699555832020-08-24T08:27:15.853-07:002020-08-24T08:27:15.853-07:00These are great ideas. I can tell whether or not I...These are great ideas. I can tell whether or not I like my piece, but developing a vocabulary for what went wrong would help a lot in knowing the best way to fix and what to look for ongoing. I too admire your photo. Cute grandson. I have a picture of my daughter cleaning the toilet. Unfortunately, that stage didn't last.Shelina (formerly known as Shasta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03290945204269323129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-29380350965987325442020-08-24T06:50:52.433-07:002020-08-24T06:50:52.433-07:00Hi Denny, and thank you for commenting.
yes that w...Hi Denny, and thank you for commenting.<br />yes that was unexpected!! my grandson...I was thinking where the heck has that little tyke gone and there he was in the bathroom preparing to clean!!! <br />Get them trained early I reckon!!!! ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-13249610835812240692020-08-24T06:49:11.983-07:002020-08-24T06:49:11.983-07:00Hi Ellen! and thanks for commenting....I don't...Hi Ellen! and thanks for commenting....I don't have any before and after pictures...though with hindsight that would have been an excellent thing to do.<br />Nowadays I try to work out major flaws at the design stage - saves wasting fabric!! and labor...<br />I have overdyed a whole quilt, more than once! Where i got the color scheme wrong and it wasn't pulling together...and that worked really well...though you have to be careful you don't dull everything down...howeveer a bit of textile paint for the highlights will help correct that.<br />Frequently very frequently in fact, I've cut big sections off quilts.<br />I had one in Quilt National a few years back that was a wide black and white stripe with a red edge at the top...it was big...but the original was about 2/3 bigger! I cut masses off the side.<br />I've also sliced a quilt vertically into 5 strips and rearranged them...and that gave me the mystery and unexpectedness I wanted.<br /><br />Hope this gives you some idea!!! thanks for writing! ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-68750429304259664322020-08-24T05:10:57.651-07:002020-08-24T05:10:57.651-07:00These are excellent suggestions. And the cute “cle...These are excellent suggestions. And the cute “cleaner” at the top of the page is an attention grabber. Denny1600https://www.blogger.com/profile/10755144981213388783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-74027001821260131762020-08-23T20:20:32.568-07:002020-08-23T20:20:32.568-07:00I'd love to see examples of this. For example,...I'd love to see examples of this. For example, "flaws" in your own work that you corrected in-process.Ellen Lindnerhttp://adventurequilter.comnoreply@blogger.com