While working on the background for ‘Male’ I’m making a lovely green painting rag to use in my fabric diamond ‘Need’.

The swirling Morse Code continues.

M A L E M A L E M A L E etc.

M A L E -- .- .-.. .
Can you see Morse Code in the swirls?

My current studio is small but wonderful. The only big things in there are my artworks and the holes around the windows and doors.

After reading lots of quilting blogs my mind continues to expand with ideas. These two are going to help me get this artwork done.

This is a ‘diamond’ mini quilt that I made in 2016 called ‘Need it like I need water’.

While thinking through other ways to paint the background differently for ‘Young & Free’ I went down an oil painting rabbit hole.

Jeff Koons’ stainless steel sculpture ‘Venus’ at the NGV has inspired me to make a life-size gold kangaroo sculpture - how hard could it be??

The signs of burnout approach yet again.

I’ve tried a different way of joining the pieces together - I’m not using a backing fabric to stitch them onto.

I’ve been using the same painting rag for a few pattern pieces on each facet. This is how I make the cutting process a little faster.

This is my plan for the background of ‘Male’: green shimmer and chaos!

I’ve added white on the sides of the nose and one more layer of Indian Yellow Hue over the kangaroo to deepen the colour.

Excitement to make artwork does not equal energy to make artwork. It’s time to have an early night.

This facet of my diamond ‘Need’ was going so well until I made a big mistake. But it might just turn out better now, who knows?

I’ve been over my painting ‘Male’ with the dip pen and Raw Umber to add more detail. Looks great!

Forced 'rest' is difficult, especially when I'm excited to work on my current art projects. No worries, there is tomorrow!