Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread
Transfer a drawing
A course by Yolanda Andrés , Designer, Craft Artist, and Embroiderer
Learn to illustrate any image with a variety of embroidery techniques
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 98% positive reviews (717)
- 10279 students
About the video: Transfer a drawing
Overview
“In this lesson, I explain how to transfer the drawing to the canvas to serve as a guide for embroidery.”
In this video lesson Yolanda Andrés addresses the topic: Transfer a drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread. Learn to illustrate any image with a variety of embroidery techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Instrumental] Before we transfer our drawing to the fabric, in this case the rooster .. I'll tell you why I've chosen a rooster .. I've told you before that I grew up in a very small town, I grew up surrounded by animals ... and some of them were roosters ... I always found a animal very particular ... actually made him sing ... got angry and became as more violent .. Well other than that, my grandmother would embroider roosters like this one with colored wool scraps she had at home. Suddenly I started to embroider roosters many years ago... I do not know, it's a motive I like ... I think ...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Textile Illustration
A course by Yolanda Andrés
Yolanda Andrés studied fine art and graphic design at the Universidad de Salamanca, as well as painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles in Belgium. She also obtained a master’s in packaging from the Instituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid.
Before focusing exclusively on embroidery, she served as art director for a communication agency for more than a decade. She currently runs her own workshop in the Lavapiés neighborhood of Madrid where she works on pieces for brands and institutions like Carolina Herrera, Zubi, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum shop. Additionally, Yolanda teaches classes at IED and the Escuela Superior de Diseño (ESD) in Madrid.
- 98% positive reviews (717)
- 10279 students
- 13 lessons (2h 14m)
- 9 additional resources (7 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese
- Level: Intermediate
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