“Shade of night” is a black raven on a branch inside an oval that recalls stained glass.
What the picture shows
The bird sits half-turned: the plumage is worked in black, blue and violet beads with a cold sheen, the beak and feet are darker, the eye pale. Behind it is an oval window of blue and azure “glass” with white highlights, edged by a dark frame of small segments. Branches with leaves and round beads grow around the oval, and a thin bough lies along the bottom. The grey-blue ground at the corners stays printed and closes the composition. The glass in the oval is beaded in large areas of one tone with hard edges — exactly the way real stained glass behaves.
What is in the kit
- Artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
- Czech Preciosa beads, 19 colours
- Beading needles
- Thread for bead embroidery
- Instructions and finishing guide
Specifications
- Finished size: 200×200 mm (7.9×7.9 in)
- Beads: approx. 3,660
- Bead colours: 19
- Difficulty: simple
- Base: art canvas
A 200×200 mm square in cold blues looks good in a study or on a dark wall. The finished embroidery is gallery-mounted — no baguette and no passe-partout. The level is simple with nineteen colours; the black plumage uses several close shades rather than a single one. The oval does not touch the edges of the canvas, so the piece looks complete without moulding.