Exploring fabric dye and needle work on linen canvas for oil painting

“Gone fishing” fabric patchwork oil painting 11″ ×14″ ©YueZeng2025 Previous experiment Please check out my pervious experiment for background context. Project ideas 1) Dog portrait This piece is similar to the cat one. I paint directly on dyed fabric, but the difference is that I transferred the line drawing before dyeing the fabric. 2) GoneContinueContinue reading “Exploring fabric dye and needle work on linen canvas for oil painting”

Exploring fabric design on linen canvas for oil painting

Oil painting of Orange cat on dyed linen canvas 11″×14″ ©YueZeng2024 First thoughts I like to work with fabric besides painting. For a long time I have been exploring different ways to combine my favorite things. These include painting, sewing, and simple woodworking. And this time I want to try fabric surface design on linenContinueContinue reading “Exploring fabric design on linen canvas for oil painting”

Upcycle project #6 Old gods, painting with blue

When I made the hexagon panels for Japanese Yuzen style painting, there are some scrap pieces of linen canvas left. The leftover canvas pieces are generally triangle shape and hard to make them onto a regular wood panel as whole. But I don’t want to discard them like that because those are nice quality linenContinueContinue reading “Upcycle project #6 Old gods, painting with blue”

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