Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric
Learn to transfer designs to fabric or canvas
Do you have a drawing or photo that you’d like to make into an embroidered design? In our Group Correspondence Course Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric, you will mark and paint one design onto needlepoint canvas and one onto silk fabric.
Step-by-step instructions are given for painting with acrylic paint and fabric paint or dye (including using resist). The importance of using markers and paint that conform to archival quality standards for fabrics is emphasized. An appendix gives details about specific products and sources. Students may use the three provided designs, but are encouraged to create their own. The annotated bibliography includes design and drawing books, but this class will not teach drawing per se.
The goal of this course is for students to feel confident and competent to transfer designs to fabric or canvas with markers and paint. After you complete the course, the text becomes a reference manual that you’ll use over and over again. Students are encouraged to work in groups to share supplies, but the course may be taken by individuals.
More about Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric
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Class Details
Project: Two drawn and painted designs, one on needlepoint canvas and one on silk fabric
Size: Student’s choice
Fabric: Needlepoint canvas, silk
Threads: Student’s choice (no stitching instructions are included)
Colors: Student’s choice
Proficiency Level: All
Prerequisites: None
Time: One preliminary meeting to gather supplies, three working meetings, and one turn-in session
Fee per group: $200
Text: $39 per student; 65 pages comb-bound with 40 color photographs and three design diagrams
Supplies (approximate): $30 depending on choice of supplies/ground fabric and number of students sharing paint -
About teacher Laura Smith
Laura Smith is an embroidery innovator, nationally known designer, and process style teacher. She is consultant for EGA Challenge 2016 and past Chairman of Fiber Forum (2011-2015), a juried group of original designers within EGA. She holds the EGA Master Craftsman in Color and has served as chair for the Master Craftsman in Color Program since 2006. As a former director of an arts center, her education includes an MBA and undergraduate degree in chemistry. Her website is www.Stitch4Fun.com
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More about our Group Correspondence Courses and GCC Lightning Rounds
Visit our Group Correspondence Courses page for the registration form and for more information on how our GCCs work.
Our GCC Lightning Rounds are three or four of our Group Correspondence Courses that have been hand-picked by our Education Department and made available for individual EGA members to register without a group for a limited time. Visit our GCC Lightning Rounds page to see which courses are available this quarter!
There are no refunds for course or text fees so make your selection carefully.
