"But I can't draw ... " often bemoaned and heard when trying to create a pattern or an original design for textile art! Recently I had the opportunity to work with some Design teachers, and I shared some ideas for encouraging students to explore creative design using everyday art materials. Both of these ideas start from using your name and are great little exercises when you feel your creativity needs a little stimulation... The resulting designs could be used to create embroidery, quilting, art journals, screen prints, mono prints, digital prints ... wherever your imagination takes you. Idea No 1 : Your name ... Your initials ( image above) Materials : permanent marker, cleansing alcohol, some textured surfaces and pastels or coloured pencils. Step 1. Draw some lines with a permanent marker on a piece of cotton fabric. The lines could be straight or wavy.... Step 2 . In between the lines, write your initials.....
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