Las Tunas {prickly pears}
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009I’ve started the next piece in the Textures of Mexico series. “Las Tunas” are the fruit that grow on cactus known as prickly pear in the US. Personally I prefer to work in large formats, but I’ve been reminded that I should do a few “studies” before leaping into bigger stuff so that I can offer a broader price range. So, while the larger piece will be somewhere in the range of a 4ft wide by 2ft tall, the study I’m begining is a 2ft x 2ft. Here’s my initial sketch and my fabric choices. The background will be made up of silk, linen and cotton. The blue stripe is from a Jones New York skirt and the Hawaiian print fabric to the left of the blue stripe is a Tommy Bahama shirt. Check back and see how this starts to take shape.
