tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post6628276368824399128..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: Don’t be too literal! Working from PhotographsElizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-82644142778665737212009-01-14T21:04:00.000-08:002009-01-14T21:04:00.000-08:00Thanks for the reminder about photos as starting p...Thanks for the reminder about photos as starting places. I work from photos a lot, mostly ones I have taken. I "saturate" my mind with images, then put the pix away and sketch from memory. As the design is refined and resolved, it inevitably looks less and less like the original picture, which is great.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882779187330586134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-78551731873441719852009-01-13T20:22:00.000-08:002009-01-13T20:22:00.000-08:00Thank you for your blog. I am dealing with that e...Thank you for your blog. I am dealing with that exact thing in my journal squares. I am relatively new to quilting and blogging. Thank you again for your in site. I also love your work.....conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086795063106012321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-58401317891269739692009-01-12T10:29:00.000-08:002009-01-12T10:29:00.000-08:00As usual, your blog hits exactly on what I'm wrest...As usual, your blog hits exactly on what I'm wrestling with! To avoid being "fatally realistic," as Jane Sassaman warned us in her class Abstracting From Nature, I work from real subjects (or no subject at all, if it is totally abstract). And last year my drawing teacher required us to work from real life as well, creating "extra" lines (or more expressive lines) that convey motion. However, I am now going back to looking at photos that exhibit good composition, even after the quilt is in pieces up on the design wall. The photo subject may have nothing to do with my actual quilt, but its composition may inspire me.<BR/><BR/>I also like what you said last week (and again here) about removing that which is not relevant, to simplify down to the essence. And then perhaps I can even remove a little more, to not be so explicit, to leave something to the viewer's imagination.<BR/><BR/>You have been giving me much to ponder lately!Connie in Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326006203761665176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-16432803895508302352009-01-11T20:07:00.000-08:002009-01-11T20:07:00.000-08:00Thanks for your blog about photographs and design....Thanks for your blog about photographs and design. I have struggled with the literal in photos finally realizing that I don't have to make my quilt exactly the the photo. That branch on the tree that's wrong--I can take it out! The angle of the sun that wasn't perfect--I can make it so. On and on, I appreciate the freedom of claiming an idea from the photo and going on from there, not being tied to every detail. Thank you for articulating all of this very clearly!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730298448632087144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-16309742859508661332009-01-11T14:18:00.000-08:002009-01-11T14:18:00.000-08:00Thank you for a thoughtful post that I will refer ...Thank you for a thoughtful post that I will refer back to many times. I like to work from my photos, and you've given some good ideas and advice for making the artistic work more. . . artistic!Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679598993090941074noreply@blogger.com