Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
Application of accents
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Application of accents
Overview
“I will briefly explain my color selection for this project and with our printed patterns at hand, we will begin with the accents.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Application of accents, 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
“APPLICATION OF ACCENTS Well, we finally reached the point where we are going to start working on our piece. I want to do a quick introduction to the color palette that I selected. We are going to work on a robin, as I mentioned, and this is going to be the part of the red chest. We have lights, shadows, we also have different shades of gray to play with the feathers on the head. Our area of the leg, beak, and deeper shadows. You will see how we use all this, and how sometimes a color can change its role as it progresses and it creates the volume. You have a color guide with your image, and ...”
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Course summary for: Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
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Category
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Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration
Gimena Romero
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero is an artist and writer based between Mexico City and Barcelona. She trained in various schools in Mexico, Spain, and France and has received multiple awards and mentions internationally.
Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, and Spain. She has several publications under her belt in the areas of narrative, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book Hebra de Agua was awarded Book of the Year at the 2016 Teixim la Ciutat festival in Catalonia.
She has also conducted research into embroidery and the body with Lausín embroidery at the UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design in Mexico. She loves life, dogs, and biscuits.
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