Realistic Portrait Embroidery

Overview

“One of the most beautiful things about mixed media is the great power of play and experimentation. Combining materials and techniques very special results are obtained. In this lesson, I will show you the materials that will become your companions throughout the course, some you may have to go buy, but there will be others that you will surely have at home. Here I tell you!”

In this video lesson Yamila Yjilioff addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Portrait Embroidery. Learn how to illustrate, transfer, and embroider images to create portraits full of texture and expression.

Partial transcription of the video

“Materials I'll now show you the materials we'll need in this course. The project is divided into three parts: the portrait part, the illustration, the printing on the fabric and the embroidery. For the illustration, I use an iPad with the pencil, but you don't need that. In fact, when I started to do these jobs I did it on paper, with pencil and tracing paper. The pencils I used at the time were graphite pencils. The ones that are quite soft when you draw, so when you use your finger or a cotton swab, you fade it and create these shadows. When the illustration is done, we'll do the printing...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Portrait Embroidery

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (137)
• 2711 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (2h 28m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Textile Design