First weeks - design

Well it has begun, with the first two week being nice and steady with Jacqui MacDonald as our tutor. My group is all over the world so it should be interesting.

The design is 'The Tree of Life' and can include an animal, stylised flowers, leaves and stems. My designs have evolved and will be completed next week when we will also choose the colours for our design. 

I have tried landscape and portrait, this is my latest design

I expect some editing when I discuss it with Jacqui and I will also be working on improving it before next week. It may well completely change again!

It has evolved from some of these ideas,



I keep putting detail in the drawing but is only the outline that is required with the detail coming from the stitching which will fill the shapes. The shapes have to accommodate a specific set stitches as outlined in the course documentation. 

I find it hard to design in advance, I like to improvise as I go along which is one of the things I am here to un-learn!! All is not lost as there will be room for additional stitching and detail once we begin. I'm so used to designing as I go, as in this design, it will be very exciting to follow something designed by myself, as a whole, before commencing.




 

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