Monday, 9 January 2017

Further shading



Working one colour into another is not as simple as stopping one colour, and then starting the next.  When I shade through colours, I would possibly have four different colours/needles working together at the same time, but I would lessen the first colour, increase the second and third, and introduce a forth, before finishing the first, and then repeat . . . 

 If one colour is worked, then stopped, then the next and stopped, and so on, the shading will be striped throughout, rather than softly and gradually shaded throughout.

 Blending tones of colour, the angle and length of stitch need to be considered also, especially when working around a curve.
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4 comments:

  1. Threads of Inspiration10 January 2017 at 00:56

    Thanks for the tip Tracy. Your embroidery is beautiful!

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  2. Blog da Cíça Mora10 January 2017 at 11:51

    Thank you, Tracy

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  3. Goede Sier10 January 2017 at 18:11

    Looks great! Thanks for the tip!

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  4. Radka13 January 2017 at 21:40

    Beautiful; thanks for the tip about working several colours at the same time, it does make all the difference. I have to remember it, the next time I am doing this type of embroidery :-)
    xx

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