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Stitching People
Sunday, August 16, 2009
A good number of our canvases have faces.
If you wish to create realistic skin use the basketweave stitch and blend colors.
Our
first choice of fiber is almost always silk, but a fine wool is good. 
Eyes can be tricky, and we have found the outline stitch worked in a
circular shape to be quite effective.
Shading of skin can also be tricky. Don't be afraid to blend colors
together. Silk or cotton lend themselves well to blending.
So many of our canvases call for your interpretation, especially the
Impressionists and other Old Masters. Deciding on the thread type,
thread colors and types of stitches for different areas of the canvas
are all part of the interpretative process.
We suggest you sit with the unfinished canvas for awhile, in natural
light, before you pick up a thread.
Then after you decide what thread type, or if you bought a kit from us,
take a piece of each thread color and knot it to the right hand edge of
the canvas. You can do this randomly or group the color hues together.
Doing this helps to train your eye to color.
Stitching People
Sunday, August 16, 2009
A good number of our canvases have faces.
If you wish to create realistic skin use the basketweave stitch and blend colors.Our first choice of fiber is almost always silk, but a fine wool is good.
Eyes can be tricky, and we have found the outline stitch worked in a
circular shape to be quite effective.Shading of skin can also be tricky. Don't be afraid to blend colors together. Silk or cotton lend themselves well to blending.
So many of our canvases call for your interpretation, especially the Impressionists and other Old Masters. Deciding on the thread type, thread colors and types of stitches for different areas of the canvas are all part of the interpretative process.
We suggest you sit with the unfinished canvas for awhile, in natural light, before you pick up a thread.
Then after you decide what thread type, or if you bought a kit from us, take a piece of each thread color and knot it to the right hand edge of the canvas. You can do this randomly or group the color hues together. Doing this helps to train your eye to color.
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