Jude Tulloch Artist

Here is a painted blanket bird and some bits of yarn we will play around with these on the canvas.

Who would have thought that turning a batik bird over could make you jubilant? We really like the look and  feel of the woollen Op Shop blanket on the reverse side of the birds. They look so much better than the busy birds. They can stay blu tacked up and we will see how they […]

A fresh look in the morning and we see that we are still not on track. We keep trying all sorts of things, more fabric, less fabric, adding elements, re-arranging elements then taking them away. We only have today to go and feel like throwing in the towel. Finally we decide we have absolutely nothing […]

One of the things this project is teaching me is not to become too wedded  to your original idea. I love the batik fabric but it is simply too busy for its backdrop. There’s no time to make new birds. Lesson number two: integrate all the elements of the project from the outset. We realise […]

We put it all together and stood in silence. It hasn’t worked. We feel so despondent. How to rescue a project when you are on a tight timeline? You can’t rush creativity.

Today we finished the painting part of the project.  A celebration is in order. We are heading down to the Artery Gallery and then on to Warrnambool Art Gallery while the paint dries before we start on the next stage later today. Weather update: Still wet and cold.

Last night we finished hand sewing the birds using black stitching around them. The green bits of the Batik fabric seemed to work best in the colour scheme. We used a woollen blanket from an Op shop as the backing fabric. This will give the birds a slightly raised look on the canvas. If we […]

Here’s the initial block in. We decided we liked the textured effect of my Escarpment painting so we are off to the the art shop to buy more paints. Palette work takes heaps of paint but is a great way to go in a collaborative piece. Temperature in Warrnambool, hovering around 11 degrees, more like […]

We we will to do a mixed media piece. Robbie is a mixed media artist who loves working with fabric. We plan to make fabric birds as part of the composition. Robbie did a couple before I arrived and we cut two out to see how they might look. The next stage is the under […]

I am heading to Warrnambool, Victoria on the train with a canvas in my backpack to do an art piece with my sister Robbie over the next three days. We are so excited about it!!  Watch the project evolve. The definition of dedication to your art? Leaving the 26 degree sunny days of the Sunshine […]