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In this lesson, I assume you don’t know anything about how to make an over the top feather — I want to make sure we are all on the same page. If you have some experience with feathers, this will be a very basic review.
There are several short videos to watch, and several PDFs to download. Please take them in the order listed, it’ll be less confusing that way!
FIRST
Welcome to the Class:
Intro Presentation:
(This class was originally presented at MQResource.com. Please remember that it was filmed in 2009.)
SECOND
Watch the Week 1 Drawing Lesson Video:
PDF of Week 1 Drawing Lesson Slides
THIRD
Download the Week 1 Drawing Lesson 1 PDF and get to work!
PDF of Week 1 Drawing Lesson 1
Print the last page of the drawing lesson PDF (it’s the picture of the feathered plumes.) Use this to trace and draw and practice your feathers. It’s helpful to spend at least 15-20 minutes. And don’t worry about how the feathers look. No negative talk. It’s tempting to tell yourselves things like “These are awful” and “I’m really bad at this” and “Why do I even bother” — you can just stop those right now, OK? You have to start somewhere, and this is where YOU are starting. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your feathers aren’t going to be perfect in 15 minutes, either.
FOURTH
Time to stitch some feathers. Please remember that if you are a beginner, you should have ideally spent several days drawing before you start stitching.
Before you watch the video: I filmed this in August 2009, and it was my first video. I thought I had a problem with my camera, but it turned out that my problem with the video was software, not hardware. When you watch the intro part of the video, ignore the part where I whine about the camera and apologize for the glitchy video, I eliminated the glitches, but didn’t take the time to rerecord the intro and it’s narration.
In future videos I had improved on the stability of the camera. And centering the image.
FIFTH
Download the task list for your week 1 stitching practice and get to work!
PDF of Week 1 Stitching Lesson Task List
SIXTH
Time to assess: step away from your work and give yourself a break. Here’s a checklist to help you assess your progress!
As a reminder, please respect my copyright to all videos, images, and handouts. If you would like to share this class with others, please use the following link: http://wp.me/PqREJ-1Lu
As I mentioned above, this class information is all offered freely, but if you felt it was valuable, please consider dropping something in my virtual tip jar:
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