Punch Needle Embroidery: From Pictures to Portraits
The Preparation of the Digital Photo
A course by Sara Luna , Textile Artist
About the video: The Preparation of the Digital Photo
Overview
“In this lesson, we will work on the picture. I will show you all of my tricks to turn a regular photograph into a four-tone black and white picture.”
In this video lesson Sara Luna addresses the topic: The Preparation of the Digital Photo, which is part of the Domestika online course: Punch Needle Embroidery: From Pictures to Portraits. Learn to use yarn to create expressive textile portraits of your favorite person..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, i'm going to show you how to turn this picture into black and white and play with the tone so we can find the four tones of gray that we need for this portrait. First thing we're gonna do is to open our picture in pixlr.Com. I'm gonna leave you that link in the resources. Here, I'm going to open the image and open my library. I'm gonna choose the picture, and we can start working with. First thing we're gonna do is find this icon in the left hand and we're going to open it. Here we're going to look for the black and white option and turn it on. Then we're going to go down he...”
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Course summary for: Punch Needle Embroidery: From Pictures to Portraits
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Embroidery, Punch Needle, Textile Design
Sara Luna
A course by Sara Luna
Sara Luna is a visual artist and illustrator with a specialization in textile art. She grew up surrounded by weavers and craft makers in her family. Throughout the course of her studies, she began to experiment with a variety of materials, from watercolors to digital tools until she found her niche. When she moved to the US, she rediscovered the punch needle and honed her skill.
Her work has been exhibited in New York City and Salt Lake City, where she currently resides. She’s been featured in Create! Magazine and Carper Contemporary. All of her work can be found on her website.
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