Guided Project: Punch Needle Portrait from Photo

Overview

“Time to put your understanding of color theory to the test with this lesson on mapping out values! Value may very well be the hardest concept to grasp in basic color theory, so I’ll give you some tips on how to cheat if you need to. No shame in cheating!”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Mapping out the Values: Blueprint + Color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Project: Punch Needle Portrait from Photo. Create textured embroidered portraits using punch needle technique with essential tools, explore creative methods, and share your art.

Partial transcription of the video

“Mapping out the values Blueprint + color In this lesson we're gonna talk about how to map out the values using your new understanding of color. Before we begin, I'd like to specify that the way I like to work is to take the reference photo and draw an image of it, and then use that to map out values and determine my palette. The reason for this is I wanna take away from the photographic quality of the image, and with that I don't mean photorealistic, I mean having aspects of a photograph, and turn it more into a drawing or painting. That's just my way of taking it away from the more paint b...”

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Course summary for: Guided Project: Punch Needle Portrait from Photo

• Level: Beginner
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• 205 students
• 1 unit
• 7 lessons (1h 27m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Embroidery, Punch Needle, Textile Design