Tela stampata per ricamo con perline (senza perline) «Tentazione»

“Temptation” shows a young woman holding an apple, a branch of apple blossom in her hair and a snake winding down her shoulder. The picture rests on an old story about choice.

What the picture shows

The face is painted in profile and tilted down, the gaze fixed on the small red apple she holds in both hands. Long chestnut hair falls in waves over a bare shoulder. Above her brow lies a wreath of white and pink apple blossom with dark green leaves. On the right a light brown snake with a mottled pattern coils across her hair and shoulder. The background is the blurred green of a garden with pink patches of blossom. The beadwork is partial: beads cover the flowers in the hair, the leaves, the apple, the snake's scales and part of the green background, while the face, the hands and the hair stay as the painted print and keep their soft, painterly quality.

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 (11.8×11.8 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 4,566
• Bead colours: 14
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is square, 300×300 mm. It suits anyone who likes figurative pictures with a mood and does not want to stitch the whole field solid: the work here is mainly in the flowers and the snake's pattern.