Where has the sun gone? I finished my latest painting a few days ago and have wanted to photograph it for my blog. I like to take photographs of my pictures outside for the best light. This time I had to photograph my picture on the floor of the dining room in front of the patio doors.
I have always been fascinated by tartan patterns. I try to work out which of the interlacing colour layers are above and which are below. I came across some corrugated cardboard when unpacking something new that we had bought. The card was there waiting to be used for something. Then it came to me, it reminded me of the weave in tartan. So there we are. So (sorry about another so in such a short space) I intended to produce a tartan with some of this card in it. I like the earthy colours of rust and was going to produce a “McRusty” tartan. The finished result turned out to be lighter and redder than I originally intended so this one is called the “McRedder” tartan. It was a bit of an experiment but it seems to have worked in part.
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| "McRedder" Tartan 16" x 12" |
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| A closeup of my tartan |
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| A closeup of the card used in my tartan |
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| a real tartan for inspiration |
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| another real inspirational tartan |
