Patchwork Quilt

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My Nan use to patch everything when I was little and I loved it . When I had sleepovers I would crawl into bed just hoping I could find a patch on the sheet then I would stare at in fascination . I thought it quite magical how it was all done ! I still have the wee doll quilt she made me for my first cabbage patch doll ‘Madeline Barbara’ … still have her as well ? my hoarding tendencies are apparent ?the little quilt is all a mismatch of different fabrics , it’s like a huge guessing game – seeing a patch and recognising what it use yo be or not recognising a patch and giving it s story .
I use to think those patches on the sheets so magnificent and fancy – such a step up from my other grandma and friends as they never had the patches of creativity on anything ?
It was many years in and not until I was an adult that I understood what it must have been like to live in outback remote Australia- where you made do with what you had and got on with it . And those patches told just as many untold stories as my Nan did telling me all about our people and their lives ???
I still love a great yarn (story to the non Aussies) and still adore a cloth patch and even paint some on my rock characters clothes.

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Use a black colour pen and outline  the image, Great pens for outlines are Posca 1m, !mr or the 0.7m size in Tooli-Art or Artistro.

And if you want to add a touch of highlight –  pop on a few dots and dashes of white paint .
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Draw the design on your rock.  Click on the image below to learn how to draw on Rocks

 

Colour on your rock – I have just painted a nice even layer. You do not want to paint it to thick. The more layers on the rock the more chance it has of peeling off later as the water in the base evaporates. Click on the image below to find out how best to paint on rocks!

Shading makes all the difference to the end result. Adds depth to the Image.
I use clean water and a size 2 or 4 filbert taklon paintbrush click on the below image to learn the technique – or head to YouTube to watch how I do the shading.

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