I used the app Sketchmee2 in the iPad the Sketchmee app on my apple desk top doesn’t give me as many choices as the iPad. I just had to snap the image and voila, they have become a piece of textile art. The shoes were sitting on the window ledge in my hotel. These are a pair of small children slippers purchased in Bangkok. At this stage I’m not sure if I would stitch it in grey, as if it was a pencil line, or black. I would do the eyes, nose and mouth in very intense, realistic thread painting and leave the ears and the other areas sketched minimally with thread. I love the way the paint has flowed into the background giving a soft effect to the image.
This image was also done on the iPad using the app Waterlogue. I was in the desert on a photographic shoot in Dubai and the red and white head scarf against the warmth of the sand background looked wonderful. This is another image I translated from a photo.
It would probably scare heck out of the viewer to see this strange lady staring down from the wall. Can you imagine how great this would look in a 6 foot wide quilt. Layer, upon layer of fabric fused down and stitched at the angle depicted in the painting. If I decided to create this as a Textile image I would find, or create my own fabric to match the color depicted in the painting. The turquoise from the glasses migrates to the face and adds interest. I really like the direction of the paint strokes in the ceiling and it forms a great frame of my face. But when I changed it into a painting with the help of the iPad. The picture is rather boring and certainly not what I would create a piece of art from. The lady waiting in the airport taken with an iPhone.