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Wednesday 28 February 2018

The Couple - A Sketch



My original thought had been to try to create a nude in his style, but after I saw the sketch (below) I could not get it out of my mind. I did the thread sketch in black thread on two shades on blue tulle to emulate the blue backgrounds he often used, along with a layer of orange tulle as a nod to the oranges often found in the still lifes.
Here is the original sketch.

9 comments:

  1. Hi all, I am on vacation in Mexico with my daughter, son in law and 2 grandsons! i thought I had scheduled this to post, but I guess not. So here it is now, but looking at the other posts, I feel disappointed that I didn’t stretch myself more. the other challenges are so creative! bravo!!!!

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  2. It works though Helena. Simple, but it says so much.

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  3. Helena, I wasn't even aware of this sketch, so thank you for bringing it to my attention - it makes me smile. Lovely little piece of work and forgive yourself for doing less for once, we all do it now and then - you put a lot of thought into the colours of the tulle.

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  4. I too didn't find this on any websites depicting Lundstrom's art. Well done for spotting it and creating a delightful sketch with black thread on an interesting background fabric . Our pieces are all so diverse which adds to the richness of each challenge .

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  5. Very clever.I know you like sketching so how lucky to be able to incorporate your love & so successfully.

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  6. Not an easy thing to do to create the effect of a few quick sketch lines and I think you did. So well done.

    Hilary

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  7. You interpreted his sketch so well, from drawing to stitching. Well done for setting his sketch onto fabric together with stitch - not that easy to do, so well done on your piece. I really like your background too.

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  8. How much sketching do you do on paper - do you think it is easier on paper or on fabric?

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