Project 2 Developing your marks: Stage 6 Using threads and yarns to create texture

For this exercise, i chose a drawing i had in my sketch book and tried to recreate it using threads and materials of similar colours.

I tried to chose a drawing that featured different colours textures and shapes, so i would have more to play with.
I used a photograph of a pathway and made a sketch based on that

 I then pulled out a load of fabric and threads based on the colours in the image to create my work. I chose greens, browns and greys.

For my background fabric i used the reverse side of a piece of fabric i had, as it had quite a grainy/ rough looking appearance that resembled the texture of the gravel.

I cut bits of blind samples into oval shapes to resemble the stones. i used couching to attach these as they had a plastic coating that made it hard for a needle to pierce. I used thick and thin threads on these to give a different texture to some of them. I had some thick woven wool material i cut these into shapes also and attached these. i cut some of the fabric i used for the background into thin strips, knotted this, scrunched it up and attached it using french knots.
I then began to fill the top half of the fabric with french knots using green thread.  I then using the same green thread and another thread of a different shade of green twisted these together and created more french knots, these we bigger and of a slightly different shade/ tone to the others.