When I was experimenting with background stitching, I tried
several different approaches and subjects, and here’s another along the same
lines as the red flowers. First there’s the painted fabric
the figure of the deer and the background are roughly scrubbed onto the fabric…
and then the stitching is added. Again, apart from the eye there’s no stitching
on the deer figure.
and then the background is stitched
The idea sort of worked but I haven’t mastered this
technique yet. I wanted to have the figure of the deer ghostly and misty, but
it looks a lot more defined than I wanted. I should probably have extended the grey
and white painting further away from the body, so that the stitching cut across
it more. And the deer looks very cheerful for a ghost! Never mind – these are
all experiments and I will probably do better next time