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GRAPHICS |
The Painted Bird
For the triplets’ ninth birthday party, I found two bird fabrics at IKEA (designed by Sissi Edholm and Lisa Ullenius). The large open drawings, largely in black and white, invite painting by smaller hands. We used Modpodge and a foam applicator to mount the fabric on canvases. Some of the canvases already bore paint from rainy days of yore — a great way to recycle this costly art supply. The underpainting shows through the thin fabric, adding a layer of memory to the birds’ bright habitat. |