Immediate art aims

There are two ideas that are in the early stages of development.

The big forest project has made a small amount of progress. Time at Jane's working on textured effects using distressed pellon, silk fusion and netting led to me working up the bark piece of silk fusion with threads and beads. At this stage I have not decided if the two trees will be similar (Jane thinks they should be to aid the viewer to enter the picture), and also if each tree will be made of a homogeneous batch of textures, or if there will be separate areas of different textures. This needs to be decided in the next week.

Also in the next week or two, I need to paint the pellon to be distressed in various blotches of suitable colours. To do that, I need to play with colour mixing, or go to Jane's for her paints or dyes.

Later, the back layers will need drafting for both structure, composition and contrast. I have not decided if there will be focal objects, or if the composition will lead the eye up a vanishing path.

The second project is the neutral palette idea with printed and stitched poppies. I have practised drawing poppies, and printing others using transfer paper. I like the idea of a base fabric made from rectangles of neutrals with texture. The poppies could be in a foreground layer, either separate or semi-attached. The whole thing could be behind glass. The glass could even be etched. Next stage will be trying out fabrics and textures for the background. Have been in touch with Sue Snell about using her line drawings.

Meanwhile, I have to find a frame or structure for the bark sample.

Also finish the calligraphy journal piece. Aim for next 2 days.

The time to start is now.