Description: Once you know the secrets, hooking a realistic landscape is simple. This one-day workshop will concentrate on creating your pattern and preparing to hook it.
Students will leave the class with a custom pattern and a plan for hooking it. Create depth in the sky and on the ground by changing the value, temperature and brightness of a color. Learn how to add simple lines that tweak your hooking after it is complete to bring a real sense of depth to your hooking.
Add real impact to your landscapes by calculating shadows that may not show up in your reference photo. Shadows create a sense of the sun shining. The darker the shadow, the brighter the sun. But what if you don’t have a photo with the perfect shadows? Cindi will show you how to add shadows using simple tools such as a ruler and architect’s 30-60-90 triangle.
Add tiny details, such as a flower box, without fussing with tiny cuts of wool. Did you know that most of the Village of Pemberville (see photo) is hooked primarily with #6-#8 cuts? Hook realistic windows using a special wool that does all the work. Learn Cindi’s favorite tip on hooking roofs, especially when you don’t have the perfect wool.
About a month before class, Cindi will host an online lesson (with a replay available for those who cannot attend live) to help you get the process started. That way when you arrive at class, you will have the bones of your custom pattern complete. The class will be about adding the finishing touches.