A to Z of Hand Embroidery with Jan Simpson. Silk Shading (Thread Painting)

Series of 3 Saturday morning classes 9:30am-12:30pm
Saturdays 30/01/2010, 20/02/2010 and 24/04/2010

£45 for the series of 3 half day classes. Some experience required.

This embroidery is done predominantly with long and short stitch and is often called thread painting as it seeks to reproduce a likeness of the image stitched in much the same way as an artist would use his palette. You will need intermediate experience of surface embroidery for this class and will learn to interpret the design to work out where the light and shade falls and how to give your work a 3d look by the use of light and dark shading.