Toogood at QSDS

This week I am taking a class from Wendy Toogood at QSDS. I would describe Wendy's large works as bold and graphic, and I would describe her small works as very detailed and complex. All of her work that she has shown the class has a personal element, and many of the small works are diary-like in their imagery. Here is a photo of one and a half of her small fabric pieces, and fifteen of the many artist trading cards that she has made:

Here are the first class practice pieces that I made exploring a repeating leaf shape, using positive and negative space.

And here is a quick piece I did when the leaves began to feel boring to me....a bit of classroom mis-behaving, I guess. This little bird seemed just a little too proud, so I put him into the Ego Snipe bird species, variety "Emerald".