Idea
Winter Scene is the sixth quilt of this year’s Fifteen by Fifteen challenge. I am following the style of my chosen artist. In my case it was a Russian painter Arkhip Kuindzhi (1841- 1910), whose style was realism. I am not copying his works but only am following his style that had a focus on light effects. In all his paintings light plays a very important role. I already made five quilts in his style: Moonlight on the Atlantic Ocean, Antelope Canyon , The Sunset , Summertime or Lithuanian Landscape and Dusk.
I knew I wanted a winter scene, showing the light reflecting on snow or ice. I’ve been going through many of photos, taken by me on various trips, but finally stopped on the photo of my nephew Saulius Smirinenko. Here is the entire photo:

Of course, the photo was too big for the quilt, that only measures 15×15 inches. I cropped it to the most interesting part:

Quilt
As always I started by editing the photo into pencil sketch, that was not perfect, but clear enough for me to understand. I made two prints:


The print on the left goes under the piece of muslin, and the opposite print is use for drawing details on the fusible Wonder Under.

And so little by little I build the entire quilt:

Free motion quilting and hand stitching are always my favorite parts of making textile art. Finished quilt:



And so this year’s challenge is completed. I am really happy how my quilts turned out and how they all are of different colors, reflecting on the light and how it changes during the day, the season, the place.

Now I can think of the next year’s challenge and I hope you will travel with me on that journey.
beautiful series Maryte, lovevthem all! Greetigs Eke
Maryte, this is beautiful!
Maryte, great illustrations of beginning to end!! I love the step by step you presented.. wow… you are still, and always will be, my hero. You have worked so well with limited supplies and shown me that simple does not mean not working. And , as in your case, limited meant a wonderful explosion of your style coming forward.
Amazing! The details make me feel like I’m there seeing the landscape with my own eyes!
Thank you for sharing, Maryte!
You are a God-given artist thank you
Maryte,
I think this one is my favorite of all six. The play on light is spectacular. The attention to detail is wonderful and the texture brings another element to play. Love everything about it.
Puikus, su prasme ir nuotaika kviltas ir nuostabus aprašymas, galintis pasitarnauti kaip pamoka. Ačiū, Maryte, sėkmės, lauksime kitų Jūsų darbų.