Lisa Kessler of BeStitched has posted a video about thread painting on the shop's Instagram account. She'll show you examples of canvases that would work will with thread painting techniques and how you can tell, show off stitched examples of the technique, and generally help you understand how she works animals and flowers in thread painting (also called needle painting).
In case the video disappears, Lisa says you can use overdyed thread in needle painting, it works on both 13 and 18 count canvas, if you use thinner threads (silk and cotton floss, Bella Lusso) it won't bulk up, you can come up at the outside edge or the inside edge--this usually doesn't matter, the thread length doesn't matter that much but you should not have all the threads the same length as that looks artificial, you can mix strand able and non-strandable threads, and more.
BeStitched's "Wild About Animals" Club that Lisa mentioned is an easy way to dip your toe into thread painting. You'll have to ask the shop if you can buy just one of the designs instead of choosing three, six or eight of them.
If you need more information on this topic, I've written a thread painting tutorial which you can find here-
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