mixed media with paper and cloth

"Valentine Doves"

This is my first attempt to try calligraphy using a dip and parallel pens with assorted colors of ink on fabric.

Since Valentine's Day is coming, I printed words that represent what that day means to me.

Then I pasted newspaper and magazine clippings on top, which I later painted with watercolors.

To finish it off, I sewed the piece by both machine and hand, and embellished with beads.