Preparation Of The Fabric

Here begins the process first l like to draw/ sketch the piece of work, only a fews minutes to do this. Mainly to get the feel of the different areas and the different number of layers that might be needed to build up the work.
Also to help me develop an idea of the layers within this piece l will print it off in black and white. Now with a sense of the major outlines l will transfer this imagery to the fabric piece.

The final preparation step before stitch is to fill in the background of work with blocks of background colour. Here l used acrylic paint. Did not wash the fabric thus sizing still present in the fabric, a bit harder to get even coverage with the paint but it is only the background so not too much of an issue.