Flower Composition with Acrylic Paint and Embroidery
Embroidery: Direction, light and volume
A course by Josefina Jiménez , Visual Artist
About the video: Embroidery: Direction, light and volume
Overview
“In this video I will present the threads and wool that I like the most to work, considering in this case, the importance of not separating the threads to embroider. I will show you my favorite points and I will tell you about the importance of embroidery understood as the last layer of intervention; an element that will help us to emphasize the directionality and light details of our flowers. We will also see how to mimic its growth through the concept " center out ".”
In this video lesson Josefina Jiménez addresses the topic: Embroidery: Direction, light and volume, which is part of the Domestika online course: Flower Composition with Acrylic Paint and Embroidery. Learn to draw and embroider evocative illustrations on XL hoops.
Partial transcription of the video
“Embroidery: Direction, light and volume Now let's see what materials we will use to embroider. First I want to show you the needles, which are upholstery needles that end in a point, since you are, having a more open buttonhole, they allow thicker threads to pass through them, wool. Usually, I don't separate the threads from the embroidery threads. Therefore, my embroidery is much more consistent, It has much more body than an embroidery of fine strands. These are the upholstery needles that I use to embroider. The most important thing is that they end up on end and have a rather open butto...”
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Course summary for: Flower Composition with Acrylic Paint and Embroidery
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Embroidery, Painting, Textile Design, Traditional illustration

Josefina Jiménez
A course by Josefina Jiménez
Josefina Jiménez is a Chilean visual artist and illustrator. She studied Art at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and has been working on different illustration projects and artistic collaborations since 2014.
Her graphic style is characterized by mixing many materials on different mediums. She mainly paints with watercolor and acrylics, embroiders floral motifs, and is in constant search of new techniques to learn.
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