Isn’t this Amaryllis by Piet Mondrian striking?
It’s so simple, so modern, but in such bright colors.
And it’s the canvas for my next class for Art Needlepoint, starting February 15, 2012. Suitable for beginners, it has a taste of many different techniques including:
- padding
- textured stitches
- outlining
- pattern darning
- shadow stitching
YOu’ll learn these techniques and more and use three different types of thread with your purchase of the complete kit. My classes for Art Needlepoint are free with the purchase of the kit.
Best of all, those purchasing the kit for purposes of this class get a special discount.
Learning one or two techniques in a class is unusual, and here you’ll learn several in an email class so you can stitch in your comfy chair, in your PJs, and at your own pace.
Remember the class starts February 15, 2012, so order your kit today.
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Threads & Shading Class Starts February 15
Most people think the only way to create shaded needlepoint is to use stranded threads and a technique called needleblending.
But this just isn’t true.
You can create beautifully shaded needlepoint with any thread, using this innovative technique of single strand shading.
Ombre, the fiber art piece pictured above has tons of subtle shading between the colors. This piece, on a 14 mesh canvas from Art Needlepoint is the focus of my free class beginning Sept 1.
The piece is stitched using Anchor Tapestry wool. All you need to do to join the class is buy the kit.
Please note: If you are looking for the final Japanese pattern post, it is going to be delayed. Bingley, one of the kittens, fell off a dresser during the night on Sunday, landed wrong and broke his hip. Monday evening and yesterday we’ve been dealing with that, so I’m kind of behind. He’s going to require surgery and is current;y in a puppy crate (so he won’t try to climb) in my studio.
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Learn How to Shade with ANY Thread
Color Kaleidoscope by Terry Dryden is CyberPointers upcoming on-line workshop
Several times a year CyberPointers hosts on-line workshops with national teachers. The upcoming workshop is with Terry Dryden and is pictured above. Here’s what the site says about it:
Color Kaleidoscope is a fresh interpretation of the twelve point color wheel. It is a fun way to learn more about complementary and analogous color schemes and ways to add more depth of color and texture to a design. Over 40 threads and beads are used, Four composite patterns are used throughout the design with each being stitched several times in different color combinations.. To add that extra bit of texture and depth, flat glass beads, large Delicas and cubes are integrated into the stitch patterns. The kit is included in the cost.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 7 1/2″ x 7 1/2″
Kit Contents: #18 eggshell canvas with design drawn on the canvas. All required threads (silk, cotton, soy and metallic), needles, and flat and round glass beads are included in the kit.
So why am I telling you about it?
The piece is simply lovely and will teach you lots about color and stitches. The opportunity is open to anyone who wants to take it, whether an ANG member or not. The window for signing up is very short, registrations close July 29 and the workshop begins in October.
Just visit CyberPointer’s page for the class to get the pricing and to to sign up.
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Join this Exciting New Workshop from Terry Dryden
Impressionist paintings are probably the most popular school of art. With the painting of the atmosphere, their strong brushwork, and small patches of color, they also look as if they’d make lovely needlepoint.
But it can be so hard to capture the lightness and open feeling of these paintings when you stitch solidly in Tent Stitch. And even more, it can be really difficult to capture the changing colors.
My new class for Art Needlepoint, Stitching the Impressionists with Shadow Stitching, will focus on lightly stitching the canvas with Shadow Stitching in silk to create a stitched piece where the lovely colors, complex brushwork, and airy feeling of the Impressionists is preserved.
My approach to Shadow Stitching is different, I use combinations of stitches and colors to enhance the canvas. You can see a sample of this approach in the picture of the Waterlily (part of the project for the class) pictured here.
The class is free with the purchase of the canvas and thread from Art Needlepoint before the class begins on Friday.
Call them today to learn this exciting technique!
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Still Time to Join Shadow Stitching Class
Today I’m going to highlight some of the new products appearing at the TNNA show this weekend.
The show officially opens tomorrow morning, so expect lots more good stuff in the next few days.
DebBee’s Designs has a wonderful new chartpack, full of, well, Good Stuff (also it’s name). There are 49 distinct areas in this piece with lots of different threads used. It’s 12 by almost 15 inches and has three colorways in the book.
Handblessings has a charming charted spring fantasy in bright pastel overdyes.Melissa Prince Designs has a lovely painted canvas of the medical symbol in neutral colors. There is one for lawyers as well. She also has a really lovely holly purse with eleborate front and less elaborate back. It’s one of a series of six bags in the series.
Julie Mar has a bright piece with three striped tulips Speaking of flowers, Jean Smith also has some lovely new ones, including an amazing bright pink peony (mine should look so good!).
The Christmas Reflections Collection from Whimsy & grace has 30 lovely and elegant designs for ornaments including a stunning and complex gold brocade. Jelly Been Stock has some new canvases out, including some charming Jewish designs.
I’m really excited about Barbara Bergston’s new designs, especially by her charming, small and easy to stitch “Kisses.” Shaped like the popular candy, they feature a single word and two different painted stitch patterns. And they come in Barbara’s signature bright colors.
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New Needlepoint in June 2011
I am so excited about the classes I’ll be teaching for Art Needlepoint over the summer. Each class will focus on a specific technique. They are offered exclusively through Art Needlepoint.
Best of all, the class is free with the purchase of the canvas and kit.
The first class, pictured here, is a basic shading class. It uses this charming Art Nouveau Iris and Needlepoint, Inc silks to teach needleblending, a technique for shading using stranded threads. It begins June 11.
Starting June 15 is Stitching the Impressionists with Shadow Stitching using a lovely watercolor of waterlilies by John LaFarge. The combination of this technique with the changing colors and textures of Impressionism will make for dynamic needlepoint.
Learning how to do effective shading with single strand threads is the topic of the class beginning July 1. It uses a contemporary shaded circle design and wool threads. This technique will free you to do shading on any canvas with any thread.
The lovely Flowers by contemporary artist Virginia Kelly will be combined with textured stitches and special effects in a class beginning July 15. In this class you’ll learn lots that you’ll be able to use on other projects while creating a lovely project that will make a great pillow or picture.
You sign up for any of these classes by clicking on the link and purchasing the kit.
The last class, Shading the Face, will begin August 1 and will use a lovely portrait of a girl by a Brazilian artist. You can read about the painting and the class in a blog post from Art Needlepoint. Please let them know if you are interested in this class.
All the classes are conducted over the Internet with lessons emailed to you, private discussion groups, and scheduled chats.
Hope you’ll join me!
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Summer Classes from Art Needlepoint
Overdyed threads changed the world of needlepoint, but how often do you feel perplexed about how to use them? If you do, you’re not alone.
But, as you can see in the glorious ornament from Sandy Grossman-Morris, it’s not hard to use overdyed and hand-dyed threads to create big impact needlepoint.
My new class,beginning in early June is designed to teach you many wonderful techniques you can use with these popular threads. Every thread used in this ornament is hand-dyed or overdyed. In the class you’ll learn how to:
- make “stone” walls
- use two similar colors to create (stucco)
- ways to use these threads with decorative stitches
- make an amazing (and easy) sky)
Not only will you learn about the techniques, you’ll try every one of them while making a delightful piece of needlepoint.
Registration for the class is open only until May 23, so don’t delay.
The class, including the canvas but no threads, is $50 and you can register by clicking the button below. (If you prefer not to use PayPal or live outside the US, please contact me for other arrangements.)
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Techniques in Overdyed Threads – Class Now Open
