Making it Look Demensional

 

We were lucky, we made it through Sandy, with just a 20 hour power lost.  I was down at my Mom's house bailing water out of her sump pump.  With no electricity to run the sump pump, we had to use the next best thing; a pan and a bucket.  Here in Maryland the water table where we live is high and when we get large amounts of rain the water has no where to go but up into the lowest part of the house, the basement.  Every hour until 3:00 AM, the rain finally subsided, we were in the basement bailing water.  My husband was back home enjoying the hum of our new generator and the electricity it provided for the house.

 

 

 

I did find some time to sit by the lantern and work on a dresden plate block for a baby blanket I am making. 

 

 

 

Using the black and white photograph, I chose the different shades of white, off white, brown  and gray.  I elected not to pick  busy printed material for the construction of her house.  I wanted to keep the lines and solid areas simple.

 

 

 

Also, this week, I found time to piece together her car.  I wish I had taken a picture of the inside of her car before I had placed the black shear material over windows.  Inside the car, I pieced together the front mirror, the seats, headrest and inside rear light.  Why, do you ask?  I wanted the practice of making it look dimensional.  Under the back of the car, I put a shadow.

 

Here is a close-up of the car.  So far, I like the look Iam achieving.  This week I plan to work on the grass and plants around her house.

 

 

The sunsets over Lake Michigan are beautiful.   People line up on the shores to snap pictures.