O'jishi has a nose now. The stitch (still done in two plies of Gloriana's Lacquered Gold), is from Brenda Hart's Favorite Stitches, page 34's bottom stitch. It doesn't have a name. The dimples you see on the nose are from the underlying painted canvas and are bumps that are scattered all over his face. Those will be covered later.
I plan to use the same stitch in the circle area in the center of his forehead. I'm working the circle areas on his face first. Then I will have to go back and decide what stitch to use in the oval areas (below his nose) or the crescent areas (to the left and right of each eye). It's progress, even if it is slow. And remember, this is the lower layer of his face. Bumps and other things will go on top of these stitches.
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10 comments:
Great choice as it compliments the background stitch you have worked!
Glad you think the round stitch on his nose looks ok with the background. I was a bit worried about that!
He is beginning to remind me of some one I knew once.
Hi Jane:
The canvas of the day is a Shelly teapot canvas,shown and named on Needlenook of LaJolla's site. I have always liked it..
I am really enjoying seeing your work on your present canvas.
Liz
Jane,
Am I seeing things or did you do his eyes in beads?
Judy
Those bumps you mention suggest to me that they should be little crystals or gold beads!!!
Margaret, you crack me up.
Thanks, Liz. I thought it was probably a Shelly design but I wasn't certain. And thank you for the nice compliment on O'jishi!
Odette, I have both gold and crystal beads to try. We'll see how they work up once most of the rest of the canvas is finished.
Judy, you are right. The pupils of his eyes are black beads.
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