Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
Now you do!
A course by Gimena Romero , Textile Artist
About the video: Now you do!
Overview
“We will see how to make the simple block point for you to practice your color selections on the linear pattern of octagons that I will show you in this lesson.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Now you do!, which is part of the Domestika online course: Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques. Learn to use texture and color to bring your embroidery to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“NOW YOU DO! So, let's apply a little bit of this whole theory of monochromes, complementaries, analogs. To see that this is real and it does work, I have made a color selection. I made a selection of complementary colors. I chose four different shades of blue, and one orange shade to have a good contrast. I'll show you how to create a very simple pattern of a technique called blackwork. You will notice that I am using balls of yarn. This is perlé thread, but don't worry if you don't have perlé: use your Mouliné threads or anything you have at home. I will use it because it allows me to bett...”
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Course summary for: Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration
Gimena Romero
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero was born in Mexico City in 1985 and lives between her hometown and Barcelona. She graduated in visual and plastic arts from the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving, 'La Esmeralda' of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), and attended the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Lyon (France).
She has won several international awards. She began her career in the world of haute couture embroidery in Lesage (Paris) and in 2014 she began working as a guild apprentice of gold thread embroidery in Seville. Her work has been exhibited in locations around the world.
She has also collaborated on published works of fiction, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book 'Hebra de Agua' was selected as Book of the Year in 2016 at the 'Teixim la Ciutat' Festival held in Sant Cugat in Catalonia (Spain).
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