We have a variety of lavender bushes growing in the gardens around our house. They grow well, are great for the bees & smell wonderful whenever we brush past them! The one that grows at the edge of our front porch has an amusing characteristic that the other bushes don't share. It droops it's developing flower head, as if it is just too heavy for the adjoining stem!
Set against a backdrop of large leafed succulents, tree foliage and a water tank, I thought this made an interesting composition possibility for #7 of my weekly art project.
I began with drawing with black pen, a little colour variation in green & purple in a series of rough 4cm square thumbnail sketches. I recorded what I saw...and then played with those components.
Eventually I had a design I liked! Now...how to transfer this idea into fabric!
The fabric stash held some very exciting possibilities. And so the sewing & cutting back began.
More cutting back & even more soon brought me to the realisation that I had somehow, accidently turned the background around the wrong way. Oops.
Once it was all cutback, I was able to see what else it might need, as embellishment, to give it a lift. It was clear that the purple I had used for the lavender head was too close in tone to the grey in the background, so I added some stitch.
That did the trick! I was very pleased with my end result & I loved the colour combo!! Using two different shades of green for the stems also adds energy & interest. Only I would know about the mix up with the background & it still looks okay anyway. Phew!
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