Monday, April 23

Subtle shading

Attempt at subtle shading
I am always looking to improve my embroidery techniques and inspired by Trish Burr's wonderful book Colour confidence in embroidery (find a book review I wrote about it here) I decided to try and improve my 'subtle shading' technique.

crazy fur stitching in action a couple of years ago. this piece was finished but can't find a photo of the finished jackalope right now!
Usually, especially when stitching animal furs, I use what I call my crazy fur stitch. Effective but not exactly subtle!


Colour confidence in embroidery has many lovely, if not a little traditional, projects (birds, flowers, fruits) but no furry animals. And I love stitching furry animals! So I drew a bunny myself and I'm now trying  my shading techniques on it. Which sounds cruel but I can assure you no bunnies are hurt during the process. ;) I quickly ended up doing some 'crazy fur stitching' again. So I think I'll do some unpicking and  try to follow Trish's suggestions a bit more. :)

8 comments:

  1. Trish Burr is amazing. I just got another of her books, one geared for beginners. Still, I have to say that I adore your crazy-stitched animals. They're so sweet and true to what I see as the creatures' little souls. They're personal, somehow.

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  2. I totally agree with Ducky. Your creatures and animals make me want to stitch them. They are so soulful! Beautiful fur.

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  3. aaah thanks ladies! I will make sure this bunny, even if he is a little more detailed than my usual furry friends, will have some 'soul' too. :)

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  4. Oh, the bunny looks so lovely ~ I've got 2 of Trish's books on my wish list!

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    1. thank you Elsa! I only have this book by Trish Burr but I can really recommend it!

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  5. That bunny is just gorgeous, the colour shading works really well!

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    1. Thank you so much! I will post an update later this week :)

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  6. I love your bunny! And the jackalope. Following their progress here and on flickr! Keep up the great work ;-)

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