This is my most recent portrait piece and I'm calling it "No Hitter." It is based on a photo of my nephew Shane when he was in little league. Here is the photo that I have based it on:
This photo was taken by one of his parents.
I took the photo and traced a line drawing from it. I enlarged the line drawing and used that as my pattern.
My first step is to paint the exposed body parts. I use white cotton fabric for that. Here are some photos of the painting process:
It looks pretty ugly here, but it improves as you keep going.
Here is my palette:
After all the body parts are painted it is on to the clothing. I used a commercial fabric and enhanced it to give shadows and highlights. Here is a photo showing the shadows on the pants:
I'll show more on this art quilt process in my next post. Thanks for visiting my blog!
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