Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
Gradient in grays
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Gradient in grays
Overview
“We will continue learning the correct way to mix the colors, now on the range of grays. Do not worry if your robin is staying different from mine, thousands of factors intervene in your piece, and in the end, although we work with the same patterns and the exact tonalities of thread, we will all have a different piece. Remember to take your time to embroider calmly, and above all, never edges at night, I know what I tell you ...”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Gradient in grays, 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
“GRADIENT IN GRAYS I have finished the second part of reds on another piece. It looks different. I'll talk about it later, but on this one I am going to do the grays level. I have marked the area on which I am going to work. I'm going to start here and the grays that I'm going to use for this part are 317 and 318. I'm going to start with the lighter one, which is 318, and following my stitch direction pattern... There is an error here. But it's fine. Perhaps it's a little flat, because the head's outline is here, and it should be here, but it's okay. I'm going to correct it when I add the gr...”
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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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