Wyoming Breezes

Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to try something new with the Lander Sewing Group. We met at the Lander Art Center to play with color, using InkTense pencils and color blocks . Marty B. gives the group some background on the technique Sheri H. uses a color block on one of the leaves she outlined from a stencil.  We used the InkTense color blocks and colored pencils to draw and fill in the shapes. After the color was added, then water was brushed over the color to set it into the fabric. Katheryn E. adds water to her drawing.  Once the water was brushed on the surface, the fabric was ironed. After that, finer details could be added to the fabric, or shading could be done. Sheri H. adds more detail to her drawing  This woman's free-hand drawing was amazing! my first piece of InkTense drawing and coloring At first I was intimidated with the blank fabric but finally drew some free-hand leaves. The leaves were drawn with an ink pencil and then I...

Rose and Becky coloring mandalas February 2016 Fargo, ND Marilyn purchased an adult coloring book and some markers for our great-niece while we were in Fargo. We asked her to color a page for each of us to put on our refrigerators, and she happily started coloring. Later, she asked her mom to color, too, and then asked Marilyn and me to "judge" the finished mandalas. a gift from Sue On Saturday, my friend Sue stopped by and surprised me with my own coloring book - one filled with quilt designs. I don't have markers or pencils, so I'll probably use crayons. Thanks for thinking of me, Sue: I love the book and the designs.