The Rains - MaryEllen Sax - "On the Patio"

I tend to work from personal photos and the inspiration for this piece was a photo of my climbing thornless rose, after a rain.

 (My Photo)

For this piece I completely finished the background before I added the leaves.

The background consists of only a few fabrics but I used several techniques to get the look I wanted.

* acrylic paints

* markers

*Dye

*Free motion quilting around the bricks and wood grain quilting on the pillars.

The leaves are raw edge, and fused onto the background.

Along with free motion quilting  I used paints and makers to enhance the leaves.

I used a product call Dimond Glaze from Judikins to give the wet look (including the rain drops) on the leaves.

Thanks for stopping to look at my piece. I hope you enjoyed it.  MaryEllen