Technique String Art: Master Classes for Beginners
String art - what is it?
This technique for creating compositions is invented in England in the 16th century. Using the most ordinary nails and threads, weathered learned how to create amazing decorative images on the planks, which were then applied as decoration in the house. Over time, the technique complicated and recycled, and as a result she became a popular view of the needlework, who were fond of masters of all ages.
What tools to use in String Art
Watch is one of the least costly techniques. To create your first composition, you need to take only threads and nails. A portions you can buy by visiting any construction store. It is only necessary that they have a suitable length and width of the hat. Threads for this technique eats, probably, all needlewomen. It can be a thick yarn for knitting, and the version of the threads of Moulin or Silk, dense sewing threads.
Also need to be prepared:• board or plywood plate;
• Dense Cardboard sheets - it can be used as an alternative to plywood to make postcards;
• diagram or ready image;
• paint to emphasize the individual elements of the picture;
• Hammer or awl.
Application "Will" - where to start
Those who have never come across the String-Art technique before, it is recommended to start with simple compositions. It is better to take a small, monophonic scheme. Beginner needlewomen often use diagrams where numbers and arrows are indicated, which indicate the movements of the thread and how they are connected. To create a picture of the String-Art technique, download the schemes and the descendations of this archive.
To master the technique, first need to be explored, according to which principle, the corners and circles are filled. Other forms, such as the square, oval, letters are derived from base elements, they are mastered easier.
At first glance, create a picture, using such familiar materials as nails and threads, is the case without the slightest difficulties. However, the technique of String-ART provides such an important moment as correctly intertwined threads. After mastering this moment you will learn to make impressive volumetric compositions.
It is distinguished by one big advantage - this is the ability to choose for a picture of almost any sketch. It is very convenient, for example, if you start creating a unique portrait, or drawing with numbers and letters. At first, it is better to use monophonic threads in String Art. Then gradually the color palette can be complemented by other shades, as a result you will have a multicolored panel.
String Art: Master Classes for Beginners
So you stored all the tools necessary for string art. What's next? Use the scheme and prompts as the basis. Better, if you can learn something from the needlewomen, which are already engaged in the technique of Isoni. From this article, you will learn about master classes of different complexity and see the process and the result of creating compositions in the form of needlework as a string-art.
One of the most simple drawings, which choose novice masters is a heart. A child can make such a picture, unless, of course, adults will help him, driven nails in a skip. Such a cute work done by your own hands will serve as a very good gift, it will also be a harmonious decoration on the wall in the living room of your home.
So, we take a blank sheet of paper, carefully draw a heart. You can print the drawing on the printer. Now on a skid in an arbitrary order, we put the point where we will navigate the cloves. The distance between the marks should be the same, as it will affect the final type of composition. We put the sheet of paper on the paneur and in the marked points you feed the carnations. Now the sheet needs to be removed from the plank.
After that, go to threads. On the central nail at the top we make a neat nodule, and the tip stretch on the diagonal. I pull thread to the nail in such a way that sharp corners were obtained. When all nails are wrapped with thread, it must be fixed and the end gently cut.
Below you can see the basic schemes for the formation of angles and circles in the technique of stupid. When you master them, you will create quite simple and at the same time impressive paintings with the effect of volume.
Those who have already mastered the string-art and confident in their abilities, it is necessary to move to the next level - to create spectacular portraits with nails and thread. Basis Let you have a portrait of a man who you intend to turn into an object of Art String Art, or it can be a well-known or just a beautiful person, or a pet.
It is necessary to create such a complex image, starting not from the central nail, unlike the simple master class. First, we will fill the background - it means that we will cover the more dense parts of the picture with threads - for example, where clothes, shadows, deeper, dark zones are depicted. Then we will fill the remaining elements - a face, hands, etc. When working in String-Art, even professional masters use ready-made schemes, because due to just one direction of the thread chosen incorrectly, the perception of the picture can be spoiled.
You need to try to perform smaller knots that have nowhere to hide. Threads should be stretched as much as possible so that in time the pattern does not blame, and did not lose in appeal.
It is quite new technique among the needlewomen, which only begins to gain popularity. The fact that even on a small plywood with cloves and threads can occur with a spectacular picture, is truly impressive. And if you become a professional master, in thoroughness having mastered the technique of String Art, you can create unique compositions for sale and earn a very good amount of money.