Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners
Color
A course by Polina Oshu , Artist and Surface Pattern Designer
About the video: Color
Overview
“Color is a whole world in itself. There is a lot of theory behind it and many techniques that you can use when you're first starting your creative process. In this lesson, I will give my favorite tips for selecting a color palette, focusing only on temperature and tone. You will see that simplifying and understanding one concept will help you to get either a vivid design that will make your art pop and attract attention or a less wild but beautiful and harmonious piece. ”
In this video lesson Polina Oshu addresses the topic: Color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners. Use colorful markers and embroidery threads to create garments and decorations that express your personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Color Color theory is a really big topic. In this lesson, I don't want to bother you with all the color schemes, so I would like to simplify it for you as much as possible, focusing on color temperature and color tone. In general, we can divide colors into warm and cold groups. It's easy to demonstrate these groups on any color wheel. Warm colors are yellow, orange, red. Cold colors are violet, blue, and green. If you want to create a vivid design, take colors from both of the groups, for example, shades of red and blue. As you can see, they are almost opposite on the wheel. This color co...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners
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Areas
DIY, Embroidery, Painting, Pattern Design, Textile Design, Upcycling

Polina Oshu
A course by Polina Oshu
Polina Oshu is an artist and designer from St. Petersburg, Russia. She studied graphic design at the University of Industrial Technologies and Design. She went on to work as a graphic designer for eight years, creating visual identities and websites. However, her true passion was for illustration. After going on maternity leave, she used her free time to illustrate in a sketchbook and share her work on social media.
After getting wide recognition online by amassing over 128K followers on Instagram, clients began contacting her to purchase her illustrations. Since 2017, she has been creating commissions for clients such as Marks & Spencer, Lush, JucyJudy, Impression Originale, among other brands.
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