I know I can’t be the only one that starts an art or craft project and then doesn’t finish it. Mine is a painting that I started maybe 4 years ago.
That is a long time. I went with my boyfriend (now husband!) to Rome and had a great idea for a painting of the Colosseum. I took varoius black and white and colour photos of the building at different angles and when I got home, put them together to create a collage effect.
I then numbered each photo so I could remember where they went and sketched onto a 76cm x 60cm canvas. I think that it stayed as a pencil drawing for at least a year.
I then started to paint it which ended up taking another 2 years. I put it away as I wasn’t happy with it and then last year I found it and started thinking about it again.
I decided it needed some embroidery and so the slow process of hand embroidering poppies, wheat and seed heads started and I still haven’t finished it.
I am hoping that by sharing it with you, it will give me the motivation to finish it once and for all.
You have to finish it! it will be an amazing and unique piece of art when complete – personally I love it!
Thank you, that’s really nice to hear. I will definitely be finishing it now, by Christmas is my aim!
It’s to stunning to leave it now Lucy you must carry on. Who knows it maybe ready for when you get your new home.
Lynn x
really unique piece, love to see it finished! Thanks for visiting my blog! rochelle