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Iris Flower Mosaics: Mastering Purples
Watch Free Intro to the Course
Free Introduction to the Course (3:56)
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Image Printing Instructions, PDF file
16"x20" downloadable JPEG file to be printed on 1 sheet of paper.
Iris image JPEG files, 4 parts to be printed out on a home printer
Small, reference image to be printed on 8.5"x11" paper
List of Supplies & Sources
About Purple Color & Glass
All About Purples: Historical and Scientific Aspects (3:18)
Color, Hue, Saturation: a Little Bit of Color Theory (2:37)
About Purple Glass (4:16)
Choosing Purple Glass (5:45)
Design
Choosing a Design (6:40)
Narrowing Down the Design Choices (3:56)
Project Size and Proportions (3:08)
Enhancing Printed Design (7:13)
Preparing a Board (3:24)
Transferring the Design and Figuring Out Andamento
Transfer the Design, Part 1 (4:39)
Transfer the Design, Part 2 (4:55)
Transfer the Design, Part 3 (10:00)
The Shape of a Petal & Andamento (2:57)
Glass Selection & Preparation
Selecting Glass For the Flower (8:23)
Building a Color Gradient (5:18)
Brush-Stroke Cut (5:30)
Brush-Stroke Cut, Continued (5:26)
Prepare Other Colors (2:35)
Begin the Layout
Begin the Layout: "the Iris Beard" (6:40)
Mosaic Order (2:18)
In Detail: Mosaic First Petal
Begin to Mosaic a Petal (6:57)
Working on Highlights (5:25)
Shading & Layout Tips with Explanatory Drawing (2:45)
On Directionality of Tesserae (5:34)
More Shading & Layout Tips (7:51)
How to Cut Non-Directional and Squiggly Shapes (4:17)
Image Analysis (1:33)
Shapes & Shape Edges (3:27)
Complete Bottom Petal
Bottom Petal: Colors & Cutting (4:56)
Bottom Petal: the Layout (7:58)
Drawing & Practice: Tesserae Position (6:49)
Optical Mixing of Glass (1:53)
Color Connection (0:53)
How to Level the Tesserae & Cut a Neutral Shape (5:21)
Top Part of the Petal (4:56)
Right Half of Petal, Blending Colors (5:45)
Finished Petal Analysis (2:46)
Mosaicing Other Petals & Center of Flower
Taking Care of Small Petals (5:06)
Other Petals (6:38)
Other Petals, Part 2 (4:30)
Center of Flower (5:35)
Mosaic Leaves
Mosaic Analysis & Choosing Green Glass (3:09)
Mosaic Leaves: Composition (3:32)
Cutting Whole Leaves (7:51)
Continue to Mosaic Leaves (4:48)
Background
Choosing the Background, Digital Explorations (5:03)
Choosing the Background, Glass & Andamento (8:24)
Drawing Andamento & Preparing Glass (5:33)
Dry-Laying a Gradient, Building a Local Gradient (6:41)
Chap49 (6:09)
Grouting in Multiple Colors
Selecting Grout Colors (5:18)
About Grouting Supplies & Color Pigments (5:42)
Mixing Color Grouts (4:58)
Grouting in Multiple Colors: Tips, Tricks, and Keeping it Simple (6:39)
Blending & Wiping Multiple Colors (4:55)
Finished Mosaic Analysis & Conclusion (2:52)
Cutting Whole Leaves
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