Embroidery after 16 hours.
The last few days I have been working on several projects including the Picasso portrait. I've gotten to the easier parts after filling in the lady's hair and comb. The mantilla is filled in with French knots but they are spaced farther apart and use both one and two wraps. I am not trying to make this identical to the original but still trying to follow the color changes. How fast the french knots work up has been a real surprise. Every time I look at my work I'm astonished that I can stitch without lines but if I had tried to draw the portrait with a pencil I would have failed. So all the doodling with a needle has paid off. Still I don't know if I will work much longer on this piece it was just a self challenge to embroider a face. There are several stumpwork pieces that I want to work on more than this portrait. Still it has been fun.
Portrait of woman with mantilla.
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