View some subway art I saw in the subway tunnels. There is a rug design brewing in those images. Now I just have to get rughooking.
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How to Hook a Face Workshop
Explanation of the faces workshop I taught at Southern Teachers’ Workshop in 2009. See a finished student’s piece by Maddy Frioli.
Read More...Rug Hooking a Face: The Background
The background of my portrait piece gets hooked. I’ve extended the neck into the sashing that will become the finishing.
Read More...Rug Hooking a Face: Added the Neck
See how adding a neck and some hair make a huge difference. I overlaid a photo of the face from prior posts over this one to prove that nothing has change. A good lesson for NOT ripping out too soon.
Read More...Rug Hooking a face: Adding Hair
Adding hair to a wide cut rug hooked face makes all the difference. A small adjustment in the hairline can make big changes in the face.
Read More...Rughooking a face: Adjusting the Forehead Shading
The rug hooking on the textured wide cut face continues. A slight adjustment to the forehead and a bright highlight on the lower lip help to refine the face.
Read More...Rughooking a face: Hooking the Nose and Lips
Continue with the wide cut face rug hooking tutorial by hooking the upper lip and nose.
Read More...Rughooking a face: How to hook the eye
Use these step by step instruction on how to hook an eye. Part of the wide cut faces tutorial.
Read More...Green Blurry Foilage Background Continues
Background rug hooked with spot dyes is beginning to take shape. A darker version of the spot dye is used to fill in the areas around the circles.
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