In the latest lesson of the multi-media course that I run for the WOWbook members’ club we are looking at techniques for backgrounds We do like to be a little on the messy side so I’ve been playing with Brusho. Everyone loves a good splodgy play with this versatile powdery colouring medium. Especially the black, which separates into many colours when sprinkled on a wet surface.
One inevitably winds up with a very messy page and it’s best to cut it into individual areas. I like to keep them in a sketch book and find that they often provide ideas for stitch.
This large messy page divided into many small cut-outs – I call them Brusho studies and I reproduce them on fabric to stitch.
Here you can see two ‘study’ pieces, taken from the pic above. Both of them look like landscapes to me. These small selected areas can be enhanced with drawing tools or a fine pen.
The next pics show the Brusho painting and the stitched piece that I made from it. These little studies are fun to produce and to stitch. I can see them as Christmas cards.
Beautiful, love the abstract impressionism of this. Anyone know if we can get Brusho in Australia? Hi Maggie, just wondering when WOWbook 3 is out? I’m thinking about getting an Embellisher.
I’m sure that Dale Rollerson at The Thread Studio will have it, Jo. WOWbook03 should be here in about 10 days, – we very much hope!