{"id":3360,"date":"2023-01-23T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2023-01-23T13:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:29:28","slug":"on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/?p=3360","title":{"rendered":"On the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER-528x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3361\" width=\"323\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER-528x1024.jpg 528w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER-155x300.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER-768x1490.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER-792x1536.jpg 792w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER-1056x2048.jpg 1056w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASTER.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3 x 6 inches, hand embroidery on hand-painted silk.  Memories from a late summer road trip from Vancouver to the Okanagan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blue sky was painted as a wash.  I used a line of gutta to block the paint from running down into the bottom half of the composition.  It promptly bled around the sides of course!  But no harm done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9296-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9296-1024x965.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3364\" width=\"332\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9296-1024x965.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9296-300x283.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9296-768x724.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9296-1536x1448.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9296-2048x1930.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The very distant trees are hand painted using a toothpick to apply silk paint.  I&#8217;ve used red thread to mark the edges of the picture temporarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9299-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9299-984x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3365\" width=\"526\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9299-984x1024.jpg 984w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9299-288x300.jpg 288w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9299-768x799.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9299-1476x1536.jpg 1476w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9299-1968x2048.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh.  And I underpainted the grasses but neglected to take photos of that stage.  In the photo below you can see my paint blobs in yellow at the bottom, so imagine that underneath the yellow threads.  At first I thought I could do without underpainting, but then the grass looked too pale and unearthly.  So I unpicked my test threads, did the underpainting (and ironed it to seal the paint), then embroidered over the top.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0040-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0040-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3366\" width=\"476\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0040-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0040-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0040-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0040-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.threadedviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0040-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the foreground trees I used thread (thinned down sometimes to a strand or two) along with Tyvek fibres from my trusty FedEx envelope for the white tree bark.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grasses are layer upon layer of blonde thread, which I&#8217;ve roughed up slightly with an emery board for a softer effect.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 x 6 inches, hand embroidery on hand-painted silk. Memories from a late summer road trip from Vancouver to the Okanagan. The blue sky was painted as a wash. I used a line of gutta to block the paint from running down into the bottom half of the composition. 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