A newly finished drawing! Actually, this was finished and photographed nearly a month ago, but I am just getting around to posting the photos (so it goes…): Mother
63 x 50 inches
Graphite, gouache & hand-stitched glass beads on Arches paper, cross-stitched with embroidery thread onto stretched canvas
Here are details…glass beading and gouache (click on the photos for a larger view):
And this detail shows some of the cross-stitched edge on the raw canvas:
And a close-up of the cross-stitched text:
A new work is in progress (a detail is below), but I have been splitting my studio time with a volunteer design project, so this one will take me a bit longer to complete…
