Realistic Embroidered Portraiture: Tell Stories with Color
Background and Texture Elements
A course by Nneka Jones , Mixed-Media Artist
About the video: Background and Texture Elements
Overview
“Finally, I will show you how to complete your portrait by painting the background and adding textile elements. These final touches will help to emphasize the message you want to communicate or the story you want to tell, thus drawing your narrative to a perfect close. ”
In this video lesson Nneka Jones addresses the topic: Background and Texture Elements, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Embroidered Portraiture: Tell Stories with Color. Learn how to apply a painterly approach to color and stitching to develop monochromatic portraits with a meaningful message behind them.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Background and Texture Elements Now that we've finished adding details with highlights, the embroidery portion of our project is finished. In this lesson, I'll teach you how to paint your background and add textile elements. To add these elements to your portrait, there will be a couple of tools and materials you'll need. Firstly, based on the color palette we chose in previous lessons, we want to keep that same gradient from our darkest hue of blue to the lightest hue of blue. I'll try to use paints that align with this color palette as I want to create harmony between the background and...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Embroidered Portraiture: Tell Stories with Color
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Embroidery, Textile Design
Nneka Jones
A course by Nneka Jones
Nneka Jones is a contemporary mixed-media artist from Trinidad and Tobago who is currently based in Florida. She was fascinated with drawing, painting, and sculpting portraits of notable Caribbean figures as a child and went on to study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the US.
Since then, she has become a multidisciplinary artist, working with a variety of materials from embroidery to paint. Nneka considers herself an activist artist and uses her artwork to evoke positive change in society and highlight topics that can be uncomfortable to vocalize. Her work has been featured on the cover of TIME magazine and part of the permanent collection at the Tampa Museum of Art. She was also invited to be a keynote speaker for Adobe Max and has worked with clients including The Washington Post.
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