It's harder than you think to look through at the picture below, but it can be done. Because the mesh is mesh you're able to see through it and lay something underneath to trace over. I have found three different ways to paint on canvas. You'll want to pay attention to how letters, objects, and lines are created, which you can do by paying more attention to your current canvases! Try to find a free or available pattern online that you can mimic to get a feel for how the process goes. I suggest starting with something small like a keychain, ornament, or bookmark. Now that you have your supplies, it's time to paint! Starting is arguably the hardest and most intimidating part, but once you start it only gets easier. Make your mark, but over time it will fade. The pencil runs and smudges everywhere. A friend of mine who paints suggested an erasable pen which means that it erases itself after a period of time. Brickwork takes a long time because it isn’t just straight stitching you have to think about what colors to put where for every single stitch.Erasable Pen: This is the only item that has yet to arrive, so I've been using a pencil and permanent marker but I don't suggest either! The marker will give you a major headache and it's just too dark for the canvas and paint. And, yeah, to hit my deadline I had to ditch some elaborate backstitching I had planned.ĥ-Give yourself more time than you expect. I had some very detailed design plans but ended up simplifying them as I went along based on what I thought would look best while fulfilling the client’s ask. I ended up putting those five colored bobbins on a ring and stitching a length of one color at a time.Ĥ-Dream and plan big, but let yourself improvise as the project takes shape. You can always edit and change the size of your details, but changing the scale of your people or building will be harder to do once you’ve begun.ģ-If you are doing brickwork, make sure you use more than one shade of red and make sure to make “bricks”, where each color makes rectangles. Ask the customer/client for specific clothing or colors to make it more personal.Ģ-Set your scale based on the people, rather than on any pre-designed pattern details, such as trees or cacti. They can be in the center or off to one side depending on the building and any landscaping. Some tips for how to get started with a brick building and family portraitġ-Design the people first! They are the focal point of any Stitch People-style design so they should have the brightest colors and be placed in front of the building. Once I had the people sketched, I used the height of the tallest person as the height of the doors, and that is how I began to scale the entire project. I’ve tried using Illustrator, but MacStitch just makes it so much easier to move elements around and play with color ideas. I love attention to detail and openness in a client! I used MacStitch to design this pattern. The owner provided reference photos and was super open and told me that their son is adopted so his skin color is a bit darker than his. I started by designing the family, since they’re the focal point of the entire piece. I love their distinct coffee and their cozy, hip atmosphere, so this gave me more excuses to grab a cuppa joe there! So I was excited (and, quite frankly, shocked) when the owner of one of the best local coffee shops here in Richmond, Virginia contacted me about commissioning a portrait of his family and their shop, Ironclad Coffee. I’ve only been doing this a few years, having started by doing small gifts for friends and family. Hey y’all! I’m a full-time speech-language pathologist working in the public schools currently so only have time to stitch at night (thus my company name, Stitch At Nite) - check me out on Instagram, Facebook , and my website.
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