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Fri 13 Mar 2015

Progress

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I am making steady progress on Van Gogh’s face.  He is filling in nicely.  I used bullion knots for his beard, satin stitch  for his lips, stem stitch and straight stitch for his facial features and shirt, and I used french knots for his eyes.  In all cases, I used a variety of floss colors.  I used one strand from the different colors to achieve the desired effect.   His beard is a great example.  I used five different thread colors.  The whole piece will need to be damp stretched after I finish working it.  I need to work on his hat next, which will be wool with embroidery to define lines and edges.

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Wed 4 Mar 2015

Van Gogh

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Bullion knots for his mustache with satin stitched lips.

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A closer image of the work thus far.

My madness panel…series…has expanded.  I have begun a genius panel, and I am sketching ideas for individual artist panels…Virginia Woolf and Van Gogh right now.  I started a piece of the Van Gogh panel, which will include things like a bird nest, sunflowers, swirling sky, a tree and words.  He was a prolific letter writer, so I want to pay homage to his love of words and his often wise commentary.  I want to also include the melancholy Vincent, and I am working on what should represent that part of him.

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