Needle Painting
I've been working on another bird (of course). I think it's my best one yet. No surprise really because aside from having a lot more practice under my belt, I bought a needle painting book and am finally learning how to properly do some of this stuff.
If you're into this sort of thing I recommend the book, clear instructions, projects that are actually interesting instead and it's not very expensive. The other thing I did was trust my eye. I've always been good at eyeballing things, in sewing or drawing/painting, so this time instead of slavishly following my penciled outlines I kept my reference pic in front of me at all times and "sketched" what I saw in front of me, I think it resulted in something much closer to Cersei's original than the others.
If you aren't sick of seeing my endless parade of birds I'll post this one when I finish. I have one more to do but may end up doing two and replacing one of the older ones as I like the new one so much better. Three of them are in very visible spots so I want those looking really spiffy!
If you're into this sort of thing I recommend the book, clear instructions, projects that are actually interesting instead and it's not very expensive. The other thing I did was trust my eye. I've always been good at eyeballing things, in sewing or drawing/painting, so this time instead of slavishly following my penciled outlines I kept my reference pic in front of me at all times and "sketched" what I saw in front of me, I think it resulted in something much closer to Cersei's original than the others.
If you aren't sick of seeing my endless parade of birds I'll post this one when I finish. I have one more to do but may end up doing two and replacing one of the older ones as I like the new one so much better. Three of them are in very visible spots so I want those looking really spiffy!
thanks for the book suggestion! I've always wanted to learn, but never know where to start.
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