ObamaIV

This week I ran into some of the same problems, but I was able to correct them before they got too bad. I put the finishing touches on my first portrait. Mostly, I just put more coloring on the face to make the cheekbones more defined. I also put darker color on the eyelids to make the eyes stand out better. My first portrait is complete, and I'm not sure what I am going to embroider for my second portrait. I am leaning towards embroidering a portrait of Michael Jackson, because I am a big fan of his music. Also, I think it would be more of a challenge, and it would be interesting to see if I could pull off creating a decent looking portrait of him.

Working on this project is very relaxing to me, because I can even watch television while I am working. I also think it is fun to choose all of the different colors to make different features of the portrait. I think that even after I have completed this course I will continue to embroider.

Obama III

This week, I worked on the name part of my portrait. I used red and blue thread to make the Obama campaign logo. Then, I used more blue thread to spell out "Obama" and the logo served as the "O" in the name. It seemed that I had more difficulty this week with getting the threads tangled on the back side of my cloth. This doesn't create problems in making the portrait, but it does make the back or the portait look messy. Luckily, the messiness of the back is not noticeable when looking at the portrait from the front. Hopefully by the time I work on my second portrait, I won't have these problem anymore.



Last week, my plan was to complete my first portrait. I managed to finish all of the parts that I had originally sketched, however, I feel like the portrait is still very plain. I think that I might hold off on beginning a new portrait for next week and try and figure out a way to make my first portrait more detailed and decorative.

Obama II

It was interesting working on this project this week in particular, because I worked on it longer than I ever had. I found that the process is very relaxing. The times seems to fly by quickly when I am working, because it is something that I enjoy doing. My classes these past few weeks have been pretty stressful, so to stop and do something relaxing, served as a great stress reliever.

I almost finished my portrait of Barack Obama this week. Some of the parts that I worked on were the filling in of the hair, the outline of the head, and the rest of the face using different colored threads to almost shade the different features on the face.


I didn't run across too many problems this week, but I did have a minor issue of one of my threads getting looped around the clamp to the hoop that I use to keep the main fabric tight when I am working. Luckily, I was home this weekend, and my mother was able to give me tips on how to fix the problem and how to keep it from happening again. Her advice proved to be helpful, and I haven't run into any more problems.

Next week I hope to have this portrait finished. This goal seems pretty reasonable. I still have to embroider the Obama campaign logo and his name, which I don't think will take more time than what I can do this week.