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ReNae Stueve · 11-10-2002, 12:22 PM

I've posted before about my bedroom closet turned FX box. Well, here is my next trick. I'm doing a portrait grabbed off of a sepia group shot. So I've had to really get creative. I wanted a dark velvet drape in the background.

I've taken an expandable shower curtain rod and hung a pair of $4 Good Will cotton tab top drapes on them. Wedged into my closet door jam, they can now be hung straight, swagged or pulled aside completely.

Next I went to JoAnne fabrics and picked up a 2-yard piece of the fabric I wanted. Total cost to this starving artist. $5.00. I've straight pinned it to the drape and arranged in the way to suit my portrait scene. I can now "see" the way this fabric plays with light and it's working just great.

All I need now is a mannequin

11-10-2002, 12:22 PM	#1
ReNae Stueve Associate Member Joined: Dec 2001 Location: Kapolei, HI Posts: 171	Fx I've posted before about my bedroom closet turned FX box. Well, here is my next trick. I'm doing a portrait grabbed off of a sepia group shot. So I've had to really get creative. I wanted a dark velvet drape in the background. I've taken an expandable shower curtain rod and hung a pair of $4 Good Will cotton tab top drapes on them. Wedged into my closet door jam, they can now be hung straight, swagged or pulled aside completely. Next I went to JoAnne fabrics and picked up a 2-yard piece of the fabric I wanted. Total cost to this starving artist. $5.00. I've straight pinned it to the drape and arranged in the way to suit my portrait scene. I can now "see" the way this fabric plays with light and it's working just great. All I need now is a mannequin __________________ ALWAYS REMEMBER Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.