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Painting Mono Canvas – a Tutorial

This tutorial came about as I was kitting up my next Freda project - It's Tree Time.  As I was cutting the mono canvas that I had purchased to size, I realized that I bought the wrong colour! There is quite a difference between the two green canvases (I purchased Santa Fe Green, and the pattern…

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Faces – fun with blind line contour drawings

improving drawing and designing skills For a long time I've wanted to improve my drawing skills so that I can create my own embroidery designs. Last year, one of our guild members held a class on blind contour drawings, specifically portraits. I was immediately drawn to this project as blind contour drawing is a great…