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Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques

A course by Gimena Romero , Textile Artist

Textile Artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2018

Learn to use texture and color to bring your embroidery to life

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  • 99% positive reviews (2.3K)
  • 54026 students

Learn to use texture and color to bring your embroidery to life

A course by Gimena Romero

Gimena Romero—a textile artist with more than a decade of experience creating and researching embroidery as an artistic technique—has learned to portray reality using just a needle and thread. With unique stitches, Gimena makes realistic embroidered pieces that are extraordinarily beautiful.

While in the course Experimental Embroidery Techniques on Paper she invited you to explore new mediums, this course teaches you pictorial embroidery techniques using needle and thread to create a realistic image. By playing with color and volume, and using the tools that embroidery can offer, learn how to paint with thread from scratch.

Plus, with Gimena, you can also learn traditional English embroidery in her course Introduction to Blackwork Embroidery and create unique pieces from historical patterns. Or learn to create unique images with a single embroidery stitch in her new course Embroidery Technique with the Stem Stitch.

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What will you learn in this online course?

21 lessons & 18 downloads

English, Spanish
  • 99% positive reviews (2.3K)
  • 54026 students
  • 21 lessons (3h 10m)
  • 18 additional resources (7 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: English, Spanish
  • Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, Italian, French, Polish, Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Create an embroidered piece from a series of patterns inspired by a real image.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Illustrators, designers, artists, or anyone interested in learning a new thread painting technique.

Requirements and materials

No previous knowledge is necessary to take this course since Gimena will guide you through the process of this technique from start to finish.

Regarding the materials, you will need embroidery thread, needles, scissors, a cotton cloth, hoops, tracing paper and fixative spray.


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Gimena Romero

A course by Gimena Romero

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Textile Artist

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).


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Introduction
    • Influences
  • U2

    Sample of pieces and materials

    • Going over materials
    • Sample of pieces with gradients
  • U3

    Pattern transfer and assembly

    • How do you transfer a pattern to fabric?
    • How do you prepare a hoop for embroidery?
  • U4

    Color ranges

    • How does the color work in the embroidery?
    • Embroider your own chromatic material
    • Chromatic circle
    • Now you do!
  • U5

    Textures and point sense

    • Contrast (textures)
    • Volume (point sense)
  • U6

    Work on final piece

    • Application of accents
    • Radial embroidery
    • Color levels and stitch sense I - Part 1
    • Color levels and stitch sense I - Part 2
    • Color levels and stitch sense II
    • Gradient in grays
    • Rescue, patch and get over it!
    • Independent elements (legs)
    • Finishes and presentation
  • FP

    Final project

    • Painting with yarn: textile illustration techniques

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Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques. Craft course by Gimena Romero Best seller

Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques

A course by Gimena Romero
Textile Artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2018
  • 99% positive reviews (2.3K)
  • 54026 students