Embroidered Illustrations: From Watercolor to Thread
Sketching the design
A course by Gabi Goitía (Tejiendo Raíces) , Embroidery Artist
Joined April 2019
About the video: Sketching the design
Overview
“I will show you how, from the selection of some illustrated elements from the thematic list, to propose the sketch that will become the final Project. ”
In this video lesson Gabi Goitía (Tejiendo Raíces) addresses the topic: Sketching the design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidered Illustrations: From Watercolor to Thread. Learn to design embroidery from scratch using an illustration and express your emotions stitch by stitch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketching the design In this lesson I am going to show you how from the elements we did in the previous illustration, I'm going to put together the sketch for my embroidery pattern. For this, I am going to choose some things only from the whole illustration and I'm going to start putting everything together in one application which is used on the iPad, which is called Procreate. It is a digital illustration application. I use it on my iPad with the digital pen as well. This process can easily be done by hand. It is not necessary to have an iPad or a tablet, but we could do it directly with ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Embroidered Illustrations: From Watercolor to Thread
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Color Theory, Costume Design, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Textile Design

Gabi Goitía (Tejiendo Raíces)
A course by Gabi Goitía (Tejiendo Raíces)
Gabi Goitía holds a degree in anthropology with a specialization in archaeology from the National University of La Plata in Argentina. She began exploring the textile world in 2013 and since then has developed a career path that is 100% dedicated to embroidery, later bringing illustration into the mix. She defines herself as "the anthropologist who illustrates and embroiders" and her main source of inspiration is nature, as demonstrated by the workshop she founded: Tejiendo raíces.
Cofounder of the embroidery club of Argentina, she also teaches classes and workshops to share knowledge with others, a process she is passionate about. She is currently dedicated to creating illustrations using needle and thread as well as watercolor and digital media.
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