Trying to Fall in Love with Navy Blue

It struck me one morning as we walked toward the basin

that it was a navy blue sunrise.

My least favourite colour.

Navy blue was the colour of my school uniform

I hated school.

Never worn navy blue since!

So many people tell me blue is their favourite colour.

I resolved that I would face my feelings about Navy blue

and so

Pinned all the blues I have on the design wall.

I'm actually thinking I like these and should work them

into a blue piece.....

I will!

You never know I might turn from greys and browns

and have a year of blues!

They are beautiful aren't they.

I have always loved aquamarine

And a bit of rusting always helps doesn't it!

I will carry on working my way

towards a blue beginning!

Hope you have a sky blue day.

Love Getting Started on New Work

Starting new work

Pinning bits and pieces

Here and there.

Sitting down to ponder on how I feel about these combinations

A book of Egon Schiele landscapes catches my eye

I pick it up

It opens to a painting Autumn Tree in Turbulent Air

Which takes me back a few years to a walk in the woods

When I came across an uprooted tree lying across my path

It's roots swirled and curled six feet into the air

A rock still held tightly within their grasp

At about eye level.

Amazing

Exciting

Synchronicity

And so the story begins

The strip of fabric on the right

is silk velvet

with the texture of tree bark

I started by rusching it onto a pre-felt base

Treated it very badly in the washer and dryer.

Once dried I unstitched the rippled velvet

from the pre-felt

and....

....voila!

Lots of work but worth it in my opinion

Meanwhile out on the dykes

our morning walks have been pretty dramatic

Not that the sunrise is of any interest to the Rusty Pups

They prefer to have their nose to the ground

Or look into the distance wondering how far we will go today!

 I hope your new beginnings are exciting to you too.