Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) « Après la première »

“After the premiere” — a ballerina sits on the floor with her eyes lowered, while behind her other dancers stand as pale silhouettes in their tutus.

What the picture shows

The girl is at the centre: her hair gathered and bound with a golden ribbon, her face turned down, her hands resting on her knee. The bodice of her dress shimmers with a small floral pattern in gold, pink, green and blue beads, and the skirt spreads across the floor as a wide fan of coloured strokes — pink, mauve, ochre, turquoise. Her legs are in pale blue tights and pointe shoes with red ribbons. In the depth, several ballerinas in white tutus are shown only by their legs and skirts, in a soft greyish-blue haze. Coverage is partial: beads fill the bodice, the skirt, the ribbons and the floor, while the body, the face and the background stay painted on the canvas.

What you get

• Natural artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Colour key for Czech Preciosa beads
• Beads, needles and thread are chosen separately

Specifications

• Finished size: 300×300 mm (11.81×11.81 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 5,917
• Bead colours: 28
• Base: natural artist canvas

The fewest beads in this group but twenty-eight shades, so the piece is about colour rather than volume. The square format suits a bedroom or a teenage girl's room.