Geometric canvas designs are magical. They begin like a doodle game. I remember the days when there were only landline phones and you had to sit right by the phone because it would only move so far from the wall outlet. There you sat listening to the person on the other end and your hands wanted to do something. I think that's when doodling was invented!
A large area, just a simple shape, began splitting into smaller areas that resembled a jigsaw puzzle. Any two smaller shapes formed a negative space and in turn that area would be a playground for some more doodling.
I use the practices I developed during the long phone sit ins when I go about designing a geometric.
Let's look at one of the more important parts of my Dare Design workshop, the watercolor part. You are given 25 pieces of fine quality watercolor paper for experimentation. Your large outer space will be a triangle.
I will begin with some dividing lines and I will split up the triangle to smaller parts.
I drew a line across the top of the triangle, about 1/2 way down and then drew some dividing shapes within the top triangular shape. And I kept dividing these areas up and filling the negative spaces.
I continue working on the areas I've determined, now with color. Each section is given a color, some are repeated in a symmetrical fashion and I build up the top triangular area until it seems right.
Of course there is much more I can do with the sections I have formed. But that will come later, on the canvas. For now I have drawn and painted a beautiful map which will be a guide when my needle hits the canvas.
Why don't you join in on this exercise? Look at the shapes I have painted and make some suggestions as to which stitches you would use to translate the shapes onto canvas. I have numbered a few of the areas below. Reference the numbers and make your suggestions in the comments here on the blog.
This is a small sampling of what we will be doing in my
Dare Design workshop. Our journey will lead you to acquiring the tools to design your own geometrics.
Can't wait to hear from you!!
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