I reckon I’ve spent about 20 hours so far on the fabric collage part of this portrait. Today I’ve added the clothes and the chair Dad is sitting in. I thought I’d finished apart from the background, but when I looked at the image I realised I’ve not put the glasses on yet. I only intend adding the side arms of the frames and the thicker parts across the top and the bridge of the nose in fabric. The frame around the lenses will be done with thread painting.
I shall have to do some practice at thread painting before I attempt anything on the portrait. It’s not something I’ve done before.
