Sorry to have missed posting last week. To be honest I’ve been a bit depressed about my recent designs, mostly because the colours tend towards the dark and gloomy. I know why that is – Aberdeenshire in winter just about defines dark and gloomy (except when it’s snowing, which it is now) And because I always draw what’s around me, everything I do now inevitably takes on the colours of an Aberdeenshire late winter. Oh well, there’s no point in trying to fight it, so here’s the next in the Camouflage series.
The camouflaged deer
This deer was trying to blend in to the leafless trees and tall grass down the hill from the house, pretending that he wasn’t really there, and actually doing a pretty good job of it. Technically it was an easy design to do – just a background of grass shapes, then the deer appliqueed on top, and then more overstitching over the appliqueed fabric
Now – I’ve been meaning to say for some time that I’m happy to sell many of the designs that I post, even if they’re not listed in the “Designs for Sale” section. The only ones that I can’t sell are commissioned pieces, because of course they properly belong to the person who commissioned them. But I’m happy to pass on most of the others. One reason that I’ve hesitated to do this in the past is that not only are many of these designs very complicated and tricky to stitch out, they also depend on hand-painted fabric for their effect. However I can describe how to paint the fabric, or even send you some fabric that I’ve painted myself. If you’re interested, get in touch and we can discuss it
Hi Mia, Your new deer looks so realistic with the camouflage background of your hand painted fabric and foliage. The foliage you digitized reflects a similar curvature and style of the deer’s antlers, which I think adds to the camouflage of the deer. Thanks for sharing your new fabulous design with us.
Oh,Mia, Have you been in my back yard lately. This looks so realistic – we have 5 deer that live in and around the woods around our house. We see them early in the morning below our house and later in the evening across the fence in our backyard. We have a bird feeder there and they will come up to the fence and look right at us wanting the corn that has been culled by the little birds. One day 3 were in the back yard during a soft rain for over 4 hours. It was so much fun watching them. Didn’t get much done that day…What an Artistic Mind you have, and your creations are right on. Thanks, for sharing.
Very nice!! Peaceful and serene not gloomy!
I agree with Gail — I love the way the tree shapes curve with the antlers.
I hope you see bright colors and sunshine on the snow and that dark and dreary turns into excitement as spring comes.
Great job with the camouflaged deer. I really like the details on his face. Thanks for sharing. I can totally relate to the gloom. Today has been our warmest day with sunshine. Finally was able to mow our lawn…. about 8in deep. Tomorrow thunder showers. 🙁