Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
Color and Sketching
A course by Trish Andersen , Fiber Artist
About the video: Color and Sketching
Overview
“Where can you get inspiration from and how do you choose which colors to use? I'll tell you here about my process for designing my wall art, from selecting ideas to drawing a first sketch of my design.”
In this video lesson Trish Andersen addresses the topic: Color and Sketching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn. Discover how to combine tufting techniques like cut pile and loop pile to create colorful and expressive pieces of textile art.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'll walk you through how I find inspiration and pick out colors as I'm developing my first sketch and draft. I get inspiration from everywhere. I know it sounds like a lame answer, but it's true. I'm constantly walking around and collecting, whether it be color palettes or different textures that I'm responding to and want to replicate with tufting. I just invite you to do the same. Maybe look around your house or look around while you're taking a walk through your neighborhood. There's inspiration all around you. I typically begin a tufting project by looking at inspiratio...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
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Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Punch Needle, Textile Design
Trish Andersen
A course by Trish Andersen
Trish Andersen is a fiber artist from Dalton, Georgia. She first started experimenting with crafts when she was diagnosed with leukemia at just two years old. During her three-year treatment, she used art as a way to interpret the world around her. She later began studying graphic design at Savannah School of Art and Design before moving on to interior designer, where she discovered a love for fiber art. After graduating, she moved to New York in 2005, where she created displays for Anthropologie and later started her own studio in 2007. In search of a new creative outlet, she came across tufting and began sharing her work online.
Trish now works full-time creating fiber art for clients all over the world including Coca-Cola, who commissioned her to create a piece of artwork inspired by her hometown. She also continues to share her work with over 100K followers on Instagram.
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