Ocean Art
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Textiles - Quilted Ocean
Step 1: Choose a series of fabrics that represent the ocean to you. If you are designing a piece of work based on a particular location, you may use a photograph to help you colour match the material. This project was based on the colours of the water in Aitutaki Lagoon in the Cook Islands (see the image below). You may choose fabrics and then change them as you go if you find that they don't fit well - some of the process will be trial and error to find what you like.
Step 2: Cut the material into 5 cm squares and lay them out fairly randomly. Include any sandy, yellow colours towards the bottom to represent the sand, and then graduate the blue fabric from lightest near the sand to darkest towards the top. Step 3: Choose a series of threads, embroidery threads and beads that complement your colour scheme. Step 4: Pin the pieces of material together into vertical strips, allowing about a 1cm hem. Sew the material together to create strips. Sew the strips in straight lines and trim using a ruler. Step 5: Pin together the vertical strips. Place them haphazardly. The horizontal lines do not need to line up This project is designed to have some straight lines vertically, but more random spacing horizontally. This mens that for a beginning sewer they need to concentrate on getting the vertical lines as straight and precise as possible, but they don't need to worry about lining about the joins horizontally like you would in a more conventional quilt style. Step 6: Trim the edges around the border. You may choose to add a border to your ocean quilt. |
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Step 1 and 2: Choose your fabric and laying it out (above and left).
Step 3: Select threads and beads for your project (above right). Step 4 and 5: Create vertical strips, sew the strips together (right). |
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Marine Zentangles
What are zentangles?
Zentangles are structured, repeated patterns.They can involve combinations of lines, dots, curves, swirls, zigzags, and other repeated patterns. These create interesting backgrounds, or can be a feature themselves.
Step 1: Watercolour background
In the Marine Zentangles lesson activity, students create a series of repeated squares (or squares with curved edges such as the example in the images). Water coloured paints are used in blues and aqu shades to colour the background the the squares. Inside the squares should be coloured slightly darker than the background.
Step 2: Marine organisms
In lead pencil, draw a simple marine organism in each square.
Step 3: Zentangles
In lead pencil, students create zentangles inside the square, in the background of the marine organisms. In this case the zentangles are curved lines, designed to reflect a link to water, or the ocean.
Step 4: Colour
Use watercolours to colour the marine organisms and zentangles.
Step 5: Outline
Once the paint has dried, outline your drawings in felt tip pen.
What are zentangles?
Zentangles are structured, repeated patterns.They can involve combinations of lines, dots, curves, swirls, zigzags, and other repeated patterns. These create interesting backgrounds, or can be a feature themselves.
Step 1: Watercolour background
In the Marine Zentangles lesson activity, students create a series of repeated squares (or squares with curved edges such as the example in the images). Water coloured paints are used in blues and aqu shades to colour the background the the squares. Inside the squares should be coloured slightly darker than the background.
Step 2: Marine organisms
In lead pencil, draw a simple marine organism in each square.
Step 3: Zentangles
In lead pencil, students create zentangles inside the square, in the background of the marine organisms. In this case the zentangles are curved lines, designed to reflect a link to water, or the ocean.
Step 4: Colour
Use watercolours to colour the marine organisms and zentangles.
Step 5: Outline
Once the paint has dried, outline your drawings in felt tip pen.
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Watercolour Jellyfish
Step 1: Spatter watercolour paint in shades of blue and aqua onblank paper to create a watery background effect.
Step 2: Sketch the basic shape of the jellyfish in pencil.
Step 3: Lay down a layer of water inside the shape of the body of the jelyfish.
Step 4: Outline the shape of the body of the jellyfish in a dark coloured watercolour.
Step 5: Let the paint bleed into the middle of the body a little.
Step 6: Use a lighter colour in the middle of the body of the jellyfish.
Step 7: You can create a few blobby patches of darker paint in the jellyfish body.
Step 8: Fill in the underside of the jellyfish body, leaving. space between the front of the body and the back.
Step 9: Use plain water to start painting the tentcles. Add a small amount of paint. Use a range of colours to paint the tentacles, that are generally in the same range of tones.
Step 2: Sketch the basic shape of the jellyfish in pencil.
Step 3: Lay down a layer of water inside the shape of the body of the jelyfish.
Step 4: Outline the shape of the body of the jellyfish in a dark coloured watercolour.
Step 5: Let the paint bleed into the middle of the body a little.
Step 6: Use a lighter colour in the middle of the body of the jellyfish.
Step 7: You can create a few blobby patches of darker paint in the jellyfish body.
Step 8: Fill in the underside of the jellyfish body, leaving. space between the front of the body and the back.
Step 9: Use plain water to start painting the tentcles. Add a small amount of paint. Use a range of colours to paint the tentacles, that are generally in the same range of tones.
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Textiles - Fish Tail
Step 1: Use cardboard to cut out the shape of the caudal fin - the bottom part of the fish tail.
Step 2: Cover the cardboard on one side with fabric. In this example a dark teal velvet has been used.
Step 3: Use another material which is slightly contrasting, and which adds some visual interest. In this case a glittery aqua material has been used. Cut the material into rough strips that follow the curves of the caudal fin and sew the strips onto the fin. Ensure that you change the setting on your sewing machine to go through the two layers of fabric and the cardboard. You will need to do this slowly and gently.
Step 4: Cover the other side of the cardbaord in the same way as it is described in steps 2 and 3, and then tuck the edges inward to create a neat seam around the fin.
Step 5: Use a contrasting material to create the rest of the fish body. In this case black sequined material has been used. Gather the material at the bottom and join it to the caudal fin.
Step 6: Create a strip of fabric that is 5-6cm wide and long enough to wrap around your body and tie into a bow.
Step 7: Attach the strip of fabric to the other end so that you can tie to fish's body around your body like a wrap skirt.
Step 2: Cover the cardboard on one side with fabric. In this example a dark teal velvet has been used.
Step 3: Use another material which is slightly contrasting, and which adds some visual interest. In this case a glittery aqua material has been used. Cut the material into rough strips that follow the curves of the caudal fin and sew the strips onto the fin. Ensure that you change the setting on your sewing machine to go through the two layers of fabric and the cardboard. You will need to do this slowly and gently.
Step 4: Cover the other side of the cardbaord in the same way as it is described in steps 2 and 3, and then tuck the edges inward to create a neat seam around the fin.
Step 5: Use a contrasting material to create the rest of the fish body. In this case black sequined material has been used. Gather the material at the bottom and join it to the caudal fin.
Step 6: Create a strip of fabric that is 5-6cm wide and long enough to wrap around your body and tie into a bow.
Step 7: Attach the strip of fabric to the other end so that you can tie to fish's body around your body like a wrap skirt.
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