Saturday, April 6, 2019

Bark Cloth Style

In my childhood days I saw rough-textured fabric camp curtains, stuffed cushions and upholstery slip covers with brightly colored exotic flowers, grasses and ferns, abstract figures, modernistic drawings, etc. on dull-colored or off-white backgrounds.  I had not thought about them until recently, and an online search brought up some interesting images.

I used acrylic paints, white and black marking pens, crayons and paper collage in an attempt to imitate the style:





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