"If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." --Vincent van Gogh

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Boats on the River


This piece is 5x7. The chapter 3 challege from the book The Artist's Muse is to draw inspiration from a favorite childhood book. I chose "The Boats on the River" by Marjorie Flack. I'm really pleased with how this piece came out. I used "Misty Fuse" and embossing powder to add sparkle to the waves. This technique was published in Quilting Arts magazine's online newsletter and is the brainchild of Joanna - thanks, Joanna, for such a cool technique!!!
"The river comes down from the mountains, down from the mountains to the sea. There are boats on the river! ... "

4 comments:

Joanna said...

Michelle, what a great idea. I haven't tried sparkley embossing powder. I love this postcard. Thanks for using the technique.

Joanna

Anonymous said...

Fantastic! Nicely done Michelle.

Terri Stegmiller said...

Oh this is lovely Michelle!

Judy Rys said...

Wonderful job. The sparkley water is a great touch.